How have courts considered the interests of justice in deciding to adjourn a trial?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Speer (Guardian of) v. Sather, 2001 BCSC 1534 (CanLII):
Further, in Strata Plan VR No. 2000 v. Shaw, [1999] B.C.J. No. 28 (Q.L.) (B.C.S.C.), Levine J. (as she then was) amplified the need to consider the interests of justice in these circumstances. At paragraph 26, she states: Further, an adjournment of any trial, but particularly a long trial, is prejudicial to the judicial system. Other litigants have been denied trial dates during the time that this trial has been scheduled for all of the months of March through June 1999. This inherent prejudice that results from an adjournment must be considered and weighed in balancing the interests of the defendants and the prejudice they claim if the trial proceeds. EXAMINATION FOR DISCOVERY OF DEBRA SATHER
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