What is the responsibility of a party represented in a motion to delay a motion by counsel?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Aguas v. The Estate of Curtis Rivard, deceased, Premier Express Lines and Associates Leasing, 2017 ONSC 6467 (CanLII):
Delay that is in part occasioned by counsel is nevertheless the responsibility of the party represented: Morrell v. Boulton, [2006] O.J. No. 1493 at para. 34.
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