Is substitutional service required to obtain a foreign judgment?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from The Resolution and Collection Corporation v. Nishiyama, 2016 BCSC 574 (CanLII):
Furthermore, the British Columbia courts have stated that as substitutional service is commonly used in proceedings before domestic courts, the use of such service, without more, does not constitute denial of natural justice sufficient to forestall enforcement of a foreign judgment; Abokasem v. Benjamin, 2015 BCSC 2300 at para. 60.
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