Can an adverse finding be made against an entity not a party to a proceeding?

New Brunswick, Canada


The following excerpt is from MacQueen v. Assessment and Planning Appeal Board and Town of Grand Bay-Westfield #1, 2005 NBQB 153 (CanLII):

Counsel for the Town relies on the decision of this Court in Greenfield v. Wood, 1997 CarswellNB 378 for the proposition that an adverse finding cannot be made against an entity not a party to a proceeding.

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