What is the case law in favour of striking a reply pleading?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Homan v Nemanishen, 2021 BCSC 2515 (CanLII):
The College relies on the reasoning found in Certus Strategies (British Columbia) Corporation v. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, 2005 BCSC 608 where similar issues arose. In that decision, Justice Goepel (as he then was) found that the reply pleading was not responsive, repeated allegations from the notice of civil claim and purported to supplement or amend a notice of civil claim. He concluded that the pleading was “embarrassing” and ought to be struck:
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