What are the implications of the BCSC finding that a plaintiff has not properly pleaded the facts and causes of action?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund v Neuro Discovery II Limited Partnership, 2017 BCSC 1743 (CanLII):

See also my own comments in Wang v. Epoch Press Ltd., 2017 BCSC 136, at para. 34: No matter how complex the facts and causes of action the plaintiff wishes to assert may be, she is not relieved of the responsibility of properly pleading them.

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