Is prejudgment garnishment an extraordinary remedy?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Pybus v. National Credit Counsellors of Canada Inc., 2006 BCSC 1194 (CanLII):
It has long been recognized that prejudgment garnishment is an extraordinary remedy and that it requires meticulous observance of the statutory requirements which allow for the process; see Knowles v. Peter, [1995] B.C.J. No. 34 (Wilson J.).
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