What is a frivolous and vexatious claim?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Endplex Investments Inc. v. Derrydale Golf Course Limited, 2008 CanLII 49330 (ON SC):
The case of Larden v. Canada (1998) 1998 CanLII 7640 (FC), 145 F.T.R. 140, describes a frivolous and vexatious claim as one that is obviously unsustainable and so palpably bad that it requires no real argument to convince a court that it will not lead to a practical result and ought to be struck out.
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