What are the implications of the Court of Appeal's decision not to interfere with a trial judge's procedural rulings?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Stevens v. Plachta, 2006 BCCA 479 (CanLII):
The trial judge's procedural rulings were matters for his discretion, to be exercised judicially. On appeal, the court will not interfere unless he proceeded on a wrong principle or the order is clearly or patently wrong: Tsilhqout'in Nation v. Canada (Attorney General), 2002 BCCA 434 at para. 122.
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