In what circumstances will the BCSC be able to justify failing to arrange for a hearing of an application?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Sharma v. Sharma, 2007 BCSC 1185 (CanLII):
In Reger v. Savage, 2007 BCSC 181, Rice J. found that the applicant, a sophisticated businessman who had retained counsel to deal with other matters, could not justify failing to arrange for a hearing of his application for approximately twelve months.
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