What is the test for a show cause application?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Henderson v. Kenora-Rainy River Districts, 2021 ONSC 5631 (CanLII):

The Zimmermans submit that the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, in Madill v. Brookfield, 2013 ONSC 7357, at para. 4, places the onus “squarely on the shoulders of the plaintiff facing a show cause to demonstrate why the action should be permitted to proceed in the face of delay”.

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