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Case Management |
Danica Imports Ltd. v. Stor-Tex Importers Ltd.
T-895-00
Giles A.S.P.
10/11/00
3 pp.
Defendant seeking order proceeding be specially managed, submitting fact solicitors involved located in Vancouver and Toronto adding to expense, time taken with motions--Defendant aiming thereby to become entitled to have motions dealt with by teleconference--Plaintiff opposing motion, arguing special reasons required for special management--Motion dismissed--No greater need or ability for specially managing judge or prothonotary to extend time than for non-managing judge or prothonotary if properly moved--No automatic abandonment of times set in Rules--R. 385 providing case management judge or prothonotary may fix time for subsequent steps in proceeding--Similarly, no greater facility for case management judge or prothonotary to hear motion by conference telephone call--No right in any party to demand such hearing--In any event, conference hearings more readily arranged now than in 1991 and even then, distance considered matter to be taken into account when looking for special reason to justify telephone conference hearings--No reason to order special management herein--Federal Court Rules, 1998, SOR/98-106, r. 385.