Is prejudgment attachment a dangerous weapon to place in the hands of any person?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Bank of Nova Scotia v. McDonald et al., 1984 CanLII 2303 (SK QB):
In Whittmore v. Herbert (1878), 18 N.B.R. 361 (N.B.C.A.) it was stated that prejudgment attachment is a dangerous weapon to place in the hands of any person, and that if it is wantonly employed it could result in the ruin of a defendant before there is ever an adjudication as to the respective rights of the parties.
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