What is the quality of evidence needed to be presented to the court in summary judgment motions?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Children’s Aid Society of the Region of Peel v. P.D., 2019 ONCJ 373 (CanLII):
Bondy, J., in her decision in the Windsor-Essex Children's Aid Society v. S.M.D., 2011 ONCJ 311, wrote about the quality of evidence needed to be presented to the court in summary judgment motions.
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