What is the scope of the so-called "clerical mistake" in an order?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Apotex Inc. v. Wellcome Foundation Ltd., 1999 CanLII 8786 (FC):
On the scope of this rule, in Polylok Corporation v. Montreal Fast Print (1975) Ltd., [1984] 1 F.C. 713, Thurlow C.J. said this at page 720 after holding that on the facts there was no reason to think there was any "clerical mistake in the order":
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