What is the test for cross-purposes communication in the context of cross-party communication?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Lane v. Lane, 2002 CanLII 2794 (ON SC):

Here, unlike the circumstances in Mulrooney v. Barker (supra), there is no "mutual hostility between the parties who communicated at cross-purposes."

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