What is the test for late notice of a municipality's failure to provide notice to a plaintiff?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Fremeau v. Toronto (City), 2009 CanLII 49543 (ON SC):
Recent case law establishes that while the plaintiff must establish both that the municipality’s ability to defend was not prejudiced and also that there was a reasonable excuse for the late notice, if there is no prejudice then a modest excuse may be sufficient to justify the late non-prejudicial notice: Cena v. Oakville, [2009] O.J. No. 251 (S.C.J.).
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