What is the test for a defence of set-off?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from P.P.G. Canada Inc. v. Alta Window Mfg. Inc., 1998 ABQB 978 (CanLII):
The Rule does not make all counterclaims a defence of set-off. Set-off, to be a defence, must be legal set-off or equitable set-off: McBride v. Kolenko, (1991) 115 A.R. 348 (M).
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