Can an advance payment on damages be made on a summary trial application?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Rogers v. Anderson, 2000 BCCA 336 (CanLII):
With deference to plaintiff’s counsel, Monahan v. Nelson cannot be taken as authority for the proposition that an order for an advance payment on damages may be made on a summary trial application as a matter of discretion.
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