Is it acceptable for a party to fail to appear for trial based on the assumption that an adjournment will be granted even if they are consent?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Taylor v 2300474 Ontario Inc, 2015 CanLII 36628 (ON SCSM):
17. It is not acceptable for a party to fail to appear for trial based on an assumption that an adjournment will be granted, even on consent: Beaith v. Blackman, [2012] O.J. No. 817 (Sm. Cl. Ct.), Bale D.J. (as he then was). When a party fails to attend trial, that party runs the risk that the trial may proceed in that party’s absence, under rule 17.01(2).
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