R. Minhas

At a civil case conference requested by the defendant, counsel sought substantive orders regarding unanswered correspondence, undertakings, and a WAGG motion.

The court declined to make the requested orders, emphasizing that case conferences are for procedural matters and timetabling, not for obtaining substantive relief or enforcing civility between counsel.

The court directed the parties to bring formal motions if substantive relief was required.

The plaintiffs brought a motion for substituted service on a defendant driver who could not be located following a motor vehicle accident.

Despite extensive efforts by process servers, the defendant's whereabouts remained unknown.

The court found that substituted service at the defendant's last known address was inappropriate because the documents were unlikely to come to his attention.

However, the court ordered that service be dispensed with and deemed the defendant noted in default.