Does Issue estoppel apply where the same question was previously decided in a final judicial or tribunal decision?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from The Owners, Strata Plan VR 2266 v. 228 Chateau Boulevard Ltd., 2020 BCCRT 998 (CanLII):

56. Issue estoppel occurs where the same question was previously decided in a final judicial, or tribunal, decision, and the parties in both decisions were the same (see Tuokko v. Skulstad, 2016 BCSC 2200).

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