What is the test for striking a counterclaim?

Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada


The following excerpt is from Thorne v. College of the North Atlantic, 2021 NLSC 74 (CanLII):

On February 27, 2015, the First Plaintiff brought an Application to Strike the Counterclaim for disclosing no reasonable cause of action. This application was heard and granted on May 1, 2015 (Thorne v. College of the North Atlantic, 2015 NLTD(G) 63).

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