What is the test for disclosing no reasonable claim or abuse of process?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Thomson v A.R. Thomson Group, 2018 BCSC 322 (CanLII):
It must be plain and obvious before a pleading will be struck for disclosing no reasonable claim or an abuse of process: Glover v. Leakey, 2016 BCSC 1624, at para. 64. The same test applies on an application to amend.
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