What constitutes a "significant advance" in advance of trial?

Manitoba, Canada


The following excerpt is from Fehr et al. v. Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation et al., 2019 MBQB 64 (CanLII):

In St. Jean Estate v. Edmonton (City), 2014 ABQB 47, 585 A.R. 81, at para. 17, the court stated that a significant advance involves “moving the litigation closer to trial in a meaningful way”.

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