When will a superior court order a psychiatric assessment to determine a party's competency?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Blass v. University of Regina Faculty Association, 2007 SKQB 470 (CanLII):
In Halstead v. Anderson, supra, Baynton J. said the following when considering whether a superior court should exercise its inherent jurisdiction to order a psychiatric assessment to determine a party’s competency:
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