What is the motivation of a party seeking to remove counsel?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from 1914699 Ontario Ltd. v. Metrolinx, 2021 ONSC 8528 (CanLII):
The motivation of the party seeking removal is a factor in the determination of such a motion. A court will not remove counsel if the moving party has brought the motion for tactical rather than principled reasons. There must be a “genuine” concern with respect to the merits of the alleged conflict: Sabean v. Aikman, 2016 ONSC 6130, at para. 59.
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