May 30, 2022 – Rule 1(8) Options

“The Court has jurisdiction to monitor and police its own case management process. In the circumstances of the case before me, it cannot lie in the respondent’s mouth to interpret Rule 1(8) so strictly, while at the same time choosing to consistently not play by the rules (including the Family Law Rules). Rule 1(8) permits the Court to make “any order that it considers necessary for a just determination of the matter”. The list of options available to the Court under Rule 1(8) is not exhaustive in nature, but inclusive. A just determination of any family proceeding is rooted in the protection of the administration of justice as a whole, and when a party chooses to consistently disobey a court order, the administration of justice itself is called into question.”

         Granofsky v. Lambersky, 2019 ONSC 325 (CanLII) at 25