What is the test for obtaining an order for advance payments in a personal injury case?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Anderson v. Jawara, 2007 BCSC 1174 (CanLII):

In Serban v. Casselman [1995] B.C.J. No. 254, the court of appeal said this at paragraph 10: If the jurisdiction exists to make an order for advance payments it is an extraordinary remedy and should only be made in circumstances in which the defendant's conduct in the litigation demands such an order.

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