What are the relevant considerations for an application for want of prosecution?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Drennan v Smith, 2021 BCSC 1302 (CanLII):

Our Court of Appeal in Wiegert v. Rogers, 2019 BCCA 334 [Wiegert] succinctly set out the relevant considerations in respect of applications for want of prosecution as follows:

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