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Court Orders Capacity Assessment of Self-Represented Litigant
Chung v. Dale 2018 Ont SCJ
The plaintiff in a personal injury matter was attempting to act for himself at trial. The pre-trial judge was concerned that the plaintiff was a person under disability, because injuries suffered as a result of the accident. The judge ordered an assessment of capacity and set out the criteria for it.
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Written by Jonathan Speigel, the founding partner of Speigel Nichols Fox LLP, leads the litigation and construction practices. |