What is the test for a judge to grant an adjournment in a personal injury case?

The trial judge has the discretion to grant or refuse an adjournment provided he exercises this discretion reasonably and judicially. The extent of this discretion is stated in R v. Barrette, 1976 CanLII 180 (SCC), [1977] 2 S.C.R. 121, where Pigeon J., speaking for the majority, stated that the appeal court can only review the trial judge’s exercise of discretion on an adjournment application “if it is based on reasons which are not well founded in law.” The right of review is “especially wide when the consequence of the exercise of discretion is that someone is deprived of his rights, whether in criminal or in civil proceedings” (p. 125).