What is the current state of the law on summary trial resolution?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Ozla v. Sandhu, 2015 BCSC 833 (CanLII):
The governing law as to the appropriateness of cases for summary trial resolution was recently summarized by Madam Justice Dardi in Lougheed v. Wilson, 2014 BCSC 2073:
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