25 June
June 25, 2013
- Justice Gropper agreed with our position that our certification application and the defendants’ motion to strike should be heard at the same time: Merlo v. Canada (Attorney General) 2013 BCSC 1136.
Justice Gropper set the following schedule for delivery of the materials:
- the plaintiff delivers a notice of application and affidavits in support of the certification application on June 3, 2013;
- the defendants deliver the application response and affidavits in response of the plaintiff’s certification application by September 30, 2013;
- the plaintiff delivers the certification reply affidavits, if any, application response to the defendants’ strike application and certification and strike application arguments by November 29, 2013;
- the defendants deliver certification argument by January 22, 2014;
- the plaintiff delivers the reply certification argument, if any, and the defendants deliver reply strike application argument, if any, by February 19, 2014; and
- the certification application and strike application is set for five days in April or May 2014, commencing on the first available date that is convenient for the court and counsel.