What is the legal test for bringing an action under the JRPA?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Day v Organization of Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia, 2017 BCSC 986 (CanLII):
As a result, although there is no time limit for bringing actions under the JRPA, this Court retains the right to exercise its discretion to dismiss an action on grounds of timeliness. This was recently confirmed in Lowe v. Diebolt, 2014 BCCA 280 at para. 38:
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