Can a pleading be struck out on the grounds that it discloses no cause of action?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Forest Glen Wood Products Ltd. v. British Columbia (Minister of Forests), 2007 BCSC 273 (CanLII):
The plaintiff submits that the power of the court to strike out a pleading on the basis that it discloses no cause of action should be exercised only where the case is absolutely beyond doubt (McNaughton v. Baker (1988), 22 B.C.R. (2d) 17).
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