Digest: Van Ooyen v Carruthers, 2018 SKQB 73

• Date: February 28, 2018

Reported as: 2018 SKQB 73

Docket Number: QB17457 , FLD 10/15 JCB

Court: Court of Queen's Bench

Date: 2018-02-28

Judges:

• Danyliuk

Subjects:

• Civil Procedure � Trial � Application for Mistrial

Digest: The self-represented petitioner applied for a mistrial during a child custody trial. Her grounds were related to relationship issues with the respondent, that he was having her followed and an alleged wrongful arrest by the police.
HELD: The application was dismissed. The petitioner was unable to point to anything in the trial process that would render the continuation of the trial unfair to her.