What is the test for assessing a party’s objectives in the context of a motion for summary judgment?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Boateng v. Botsio, 2013 ONSC 4922 (CanLII):
No one objective predominates the analysis and the court must balance all of the above factors and objectives in the context of the parties’ circumstances: Moge v. Moge, 1992 CanLII 25 (SCC), [1992] 3 S.C.R. 813.
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