What are the circumstances in which a court will accept submissions ex parte?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Fehr v. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, 2012 ONSC 2715 (CanLII):
Generally speaking, the circumstances in which a court will accept submissions ex parte are exceptional and limited to situations in which the delay associated with notice would result in harm or where there is a fear that the other party will act improperly or irrevocably if notice were given: Ruby v. Canada (Solicitor General), [2004] 4 S.C.R. 1 at para. 25.
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