Does a summary judgment motion judge have the authority to grant summary judgment?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Chittle v. Estate of Chittle, 2018 ONSC 4139 (CanLII):
At the same time, as our Court of Appeal has said in Baywood Homes Partnership v. Haditaghi, the summary judgment motion judge must “assess the advisability of the summary judgment process in the context of the litigation as a whole.”[15]
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