What is the standard of conduct required on a summary judgment motion?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Goulbourne v. HMQ in Right of Ontario, 2021 ONSC 7064 (CanLII):
35. Parties are required to put their best foot forward on a summary judgment motion. The court is entitled to assume that the record on a motion for summary judgment contains all the evidence the parties would present at trial (see Sweda Farms v. Egg Farmers of Ontario, 2014 ONSC 1200 at paras 26 and 27).
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