Is there a high onus to strike pleadings under Rule 9-5?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Turpel-Lafond v British Columbia, 2019 BCSC 51 (CanLII):

In Moses v. Lower Nicola Indian Band, 2015 BCCA 61, Madam Justice Newbury stated at para. 45 that there is a high onus to strike pleadings under Rule 9-5.

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