What evidence is admissible for the purpose of determining whether a claim is unnecessary, scandalous, frivolous or vexatious?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Navarro v. Doig River First Nation, 2016 BCSC 2006 (CanLII):

Furthermore, evidence is admissible for the purpose of showing whether a claim is unnecessary, scandalous, frivolous or vexatious or an abuse of process: Huang v. Silvercorp Metals Inc., 2016 BCSC 278.

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