Can a party refuse to hear or dismiss an appeal?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from N.D.S. v D.J.L., 2017 BCSC 1690 (CanLII):
In Larkin v. Glase, 2009 BCCA 321, Mr. Justice Chiasson stated that the court’s authority to refuse to hear or to dismiss an appeal was not limited to disobedience of the order directly under appeal but could extend to related orders (para. 31). Chiasson J.A. said, “More recently, courts have considered the issue more in context: the decision to hear or refuse to hear a party is treated as a matter of the court’s discretion.” [Para. 34.]
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