What is the test for severing liability and quantum issues in this trial?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Cannon v Al Perrett Enterprises Inc., 2018 BCSC 337 (CanLII):
As this application seeks to effectively sever the liability and quantum issues in this trial, I am first to consider whether there are “extraordinary, exceptional or compelling reasons” to do so: Chun v. Smit, 2011 BCSC 412 at para. 9.
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