What is the test for determining whether a party has been delayed in completing a motion?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Foster v British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles), 2018 BCSC 1194 (CanLII):

When assessing delay, courts have traditionally considered the length of the delay, whether there was a reasonable explanation for it, and whether the moving parties had suffered prejudice as a result of it: Ransom v. Ontario, 2010 ONSC 3156 at para. 5.… …

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