When are two retainers sufficiently related?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from NMH Holdings Limited v. The Crestmark Developments Limited Partnership, 2012 BCSC 2216 (CanLII):
The second case of note is CLS Catering Services v. Mahil, 2011 BCCA 321 at paras. 12-16, where Tysoe J.A., for the court, addressed several decisions that provide guidance on how a court is to determine when two retainers are sufficiently related.
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