Can a claim be dismissed due to the expiry of a limitation period?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from The Bank of Nova Scotia v. 1736223 Ontario Limited, 2018 ONSC 4449 (CanLII):
In Sirois v. Weston, 2017 ONCA 1002 (CanLII), the court upheld a lower court decision to dismiss a claim due to the expiry of a limitation period on the finding that limitation periods are distinct issues that can be severed from the surviving issues in the case.
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