Is Sur-reply permitted where a new issue or evidence has been raised in a reply?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Johnson obo A v. B.C. (Ministry of Justice) and another, 2016 BCHRT 130 (CanLII):

Sur-reply is appropriately allowed where a new issue or evidence has been raised in a reply and fairness requires that the applicant be entitled to respond: Kruger v. Xerox Canada (No. 2), 2005 BCHRT 24, paras. 17 and 22.

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