What is the test to refuse a pleadings amendment on the basis of prejudice?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Yi Teng Investment Inc. v Keltic (Brighouse) Development Ltd., 2022 BCSC 33 (CanLII):
In order to refuse a pleadings amendment on the basis of prejudice, the prejudice that must be shown is prejudice to a party’s ability to bring or defend an action: Ledinski v. Chestnut, 2015 BCSC 373, at para. 34.
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