What is the current state of the law on severance orders?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Tekbulut v. Donis, 2016 BCSC 899 (CanLII):
The precise standard that governs the exercise of that discretion is not entirely settled. It is clear however that severance orders should only be made infrequently, carefully and bearing in mind that litigating “in slices” should be avoided in most cases (Kitsul v. Slater Vecchio LLP, 2015 BCSC 1394 at para. 25).
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