First Part of Test: Strength of Case

AuthorDavid A. Crerar
Pages65-68
CHAPTER
4
First
Part
of
Test:
Strength
of
Case
A.
STANDARD
OF
PROOF
As
a
threshold
test,
the
plaintiff
must
make
out
a
"strong
prima
facie
case
or
a
good
arguable
case
with
respect
to
the
underlying
claim.
Aetna
Financial
Services
v
Feigelman,
SCR
at
27
Enns
(Guardian
ad
litem
of)
v
Voice
of
Peace
Foundation,
2004
BCCA
13
at
para
5
Chitel
v
Rothbart
(1982),
141
DLR
(3d)
268
at
288
(Ont
CA)
United
States
of
America
v
Yemec,
2005
Can
LI
I
8709
at
para
11
(Ont
Div
Ct)
Vaccaro
v
Twin
Cities
Power-Canada,
ULC,
at
para
16
Pollard
v
Falconer,
310
at
para
2
Green
v
Jernigan,
at
para
32
Global
Chinese
Press
v
Zhang,
874
at
paras
19-20
Talisman
Energy
v
Flo-Dynamics
Systems,
340
at
para
23
Fonagy
v
Oasis
Trucking,
233
at
para
6
Stans
Energy
v
Kyrgyz
Republic,
at
para
17
2057552
Ontario
v
Dick,
2015
ONSC
3182
at
para
82
Tobin
v
Beck,
2017
NSCA
42
at
para
3
In
British
Columbia,
to
obtain
a
Mareva
order,
the
plaintiff
must
first
pass
the
threshold
of
a
good
arguable
case,
or
a
strong
prima
facie
case,
commensurate
with
the
circumstances.
Mooney
v
Orr
(No
2)
(1994),
100
BCLR
(2d)
335
at
para
44
(SC)
A
strong
prima
facie
case
is
one
that
will
probably
prevail
at
trial
or
is
likely
to
succeed
at
trial.
Modry
v
Alberta
Health
Services,
265
at
para
37
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