What is the effect of the Rules of Civil Procedure and Procedure of striking a jury in a civil case?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Bartram v. GlaxoSmithKline Inc., 2016 BCSC 1409 (CanLII):

The effect of those Rules is to create a presumptive right to a civil jury trial and to place an onus that is “not easily satisfied” on a party seeking to strike a jury notice: MacPherson v. Czaban, 2002 BCCA 518 at para. 17.

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