Does Issue estoppel prevent a party from re-litigating matters?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Fox v Scott Safety Supply Services Inc., 2021 BCSC 842 (CanLII):
Issue estoppel, a form of estoppel by res judicata, prevents a party from re-litigating matters by simply relying upon a different theory of liability or placing a different “spin” on the same set of facts”: Rivet v. British Columbia, 2007 BCSC 731 at para. 83.
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