The plaintiff moved to strike the defendants' statement of defence due to their persistent non-compliance with multiple prior court orders, including payment of costs totaling $4,727.25 and the corporate defendant's failure to retain counsel or seek leave for alternative representation.
The defendants, represented by Jiajun Xu, offered unsubstantiated claims of financial hardship and proposed no remedial steps.
The court issued a final conditional order, granting the motion to strike unless the defendants remitted the outstanding costs and proposed a date for corporate counsel to go on record by August 21, 2020.
