Can a summary judgment motion after a trial of the issue be directed?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Kondovski v. Kondovski, 2006 CanLII 24455 (ON SC):
There have been instances where the court has refused to permit a summary judgment motion after a trial of an issue has been directed; however, those cases are clearly distinguishable: Schwartzentruber v. Schwartzentruber, [2002] O.J. No. 3159 (Sup. Ct.); Knox v. Trudeau, [2001] O.J. No. 352 (Sup. Ct.).
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