What is sufficient reason to appoint a lawyer to represent a plaintiff at trial?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Pomozon v Beausoleil, 2021 BCSC 1290 (CanLII):
Third, the plaintiff’s claims were such that she needed to have legal counsel in order to be able to advance them properly at trial, especially in light of their legal and factual complexity. These are factors that give rise to a finding of “sufficient reason”: Spencer v. Popham, 2010 BCSC 683 at para. 12.
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