On an application for a stay of proceedings pending the s. 257 determination, is the court still able to exercise its discretion?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Garritty v. Richmond Kinsmen Home Support Society, 2016 BCSC 2204 (CanLII):
On an application for a stay of proceedings pending the s. 257 determination, the court remains the master of its own procedure and exercises its discretion based on the circumstances of the particular case: Hommel at paras. 29 and 32; Chau v. Crawford, 2015 BCSC 1756 at para. 22.
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