Can a class action be heard at the same time as other actions arising from the sinking of the Queen of the North?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Watt v Health Sciences Association of British Columbia, 2018 BCSC 512 (CanLII):
In Kotai v. Queen of the North (Ship), 2008 BCSC 1398, the court refused to permit a class action and other actions arising from the sinking of the vessel to be heard at the same time.
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