The defendant brought a consent motion in writing to adjourn a trial scheduled for October 5, 2020, arising from a 2012 motor vehicle accident.
The parties sought the adjournment because they had not held a pretrial conference and claimed scheduling conflicts prevented them from attending a pretrial date offered by the court in September.
The court dismissed the motion, noting that trial dates in Toronto are only adjourned in extenuating circumstances.
The court found the motion materials deficient and held that counsel's preference to schedule a pretrial after the trial date was not a compelling reason to adjourn a trial that had been fixed for over a year.
