Can an amendment to the pleadings be sought at the conclusion rather than the beginning of the trial?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from S.L.D. v. W.A.D., 2016 BCSC 616 (CanLII):
In Prokop v. Dushop, 2014 BCSC 341, an amendment to the pleadings was similarly sought at the conclusion, rather than the beginning, of the trial. The amendment raised matters well beyond the pleadings as they existed at the trial’s commencement. In denying the amendment, Crawford J. stated, at para. 21:
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