Is it appropriate for the defence to amend its defence to counterclaim?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Canadian Pacific Ltd. v. Paul Morsky Ltd. Ramsay Bird Ltd., Saskatchewan Government, Warner Construction Co. Ltd., 1980 CanLII 2031 (SK QB):
I hereby order that the defence to counterclaim be amended as requested, as I am satisfied that the error arose through inadvertence and that it was incorrect. See Checkik v. Bronfman et al., 1924 CanLII 175 (SK CA), [1924] 2 W.W.R. 1165.
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