How should the issue of liability be addressed first with the assessment of damages adjourned to a later date?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Oviatt v Masi, 2018 BCSC 930 (CanLII):
All parties agreed in Nason v. Nunes that liability should be addressed first, with the assessment of damages adjourned to a later date: at para. 3. They also agreed that the issue of liability was suitable for consideration on a summary trial basis: at para. 3.
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