In dealing with an application to change the venue of a trial, can the court change the date or venue of the trial?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Ferguson v. Ferguson, 2014 BCSC 216 (CanLII):

In the decision of Schuler v. Schuler, 2000 BCSC 1498, the court, in dealing with an application to change the venue of a trial stated at paras. 26 and 27:

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