Does time run from the date of the service of a statement of claim?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Steelrite Construction Canada Inc. v Man-Shield (NWO) Construction Inc., 2017 ONSC 2303 (CanLII):

In determining a date from which time should be considered to begin to run for the purpose of deciding if delay is “undue,” the court in Brock University v. Stucor Ltd., [2002] O.J. No. 2300, accepted that time should run from the date of the service of a statement of claim.

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