What is the onus on the moving party to demonstrate the need for adjournment?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Rado v. Ahmed, 2018 ONSC 2036 (CanLII):
The cases relied on by the plaintiffs establish that the onus is on the moving party to demonstrate the need for an adjournment: Labelle v. Lewis Motor Sales (North Bay) Inc., [2007] O.J. No. 1432 (Sup. Ct.) at para. 30.
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