How have particulars been interpreted in class actions?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Hoy v. Medtronic Inc., 2002 BCSC 1648 (CanLII):

Macaulay J. thereafter referred to the functions of particulars as enunciated in Cansulex Limited v. Perry: see para. 22(f) above. Implicit in those remarks is the recognition that class actions are subject to the same procedural safeguards as ordinary actions.

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