What is the test for an amendment to a statement of claim?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Gillard v. Nova Scotia (Registrar General), 2021 NSSC 204 (CanLII):
The proposed amendments will certainly fail and are not sustainable. In Drysdale v. Bev & Lynn Trucking Ltd., 2016 NSSC 109, Justice Chipman stated at para. 38: 38 A proposed amendment to a statement of claim must raise a justiciable or triable issue, in the sense that the amendment should not be allowed if it is "plain and obvious" that it discloses no reasonable claim or cause of action…
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