What is the test for having two separate claims asserted in the same action?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Dawe v. Reliance Home Comfort, 2009 CanLII 6832 (ON SC):
Where the differences between separate claims asserted in one action will unduly complicate and delay the proceeding, the appropriate remedy is to order the claims to be asserted in separate proceedings. (See: Guenette v. Canada, supra at para. 15.) (ii) Analysis
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