What is considered a “special circumstance” where a trial under Rule 66 of the Canadian Rules of Civil Procedure has lasted more than four days?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from King v. Horth, 2010 BCSC 360 (CanLII):
Length of trial was accepted as a “special circumstance”, where the trial under Rule 66 lasted some four days, in Schnare v. Roberts, 2009 BCSC 656, 73 C.P.C. (6th) 173, relying on Kailey, supra.
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