Does this court have jurisdiction to stay third party proceedings?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Lam v. University of British Columbia, 2008 BCSC 990 (CanLII):
The third parties argue that this court, in any event, has the jurisdiction to stay third party proceedings pursuant to its inherent power to control its own process reasonably, and pursuant to the rules of court: Aylesworth v. Richardson Greenshields [1987] B.C.J. No. 2358, Rules 22(17), (18) and (19).
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