What is the meaning of the law of res judicata?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Grdic v. The Queen, [1985] 1 SCR 810, 1985 CanLII 34 (SCC):
33. In a contemporaneous case, Duhamel v. The Queen, 1984 CanLII 126 (SCC), [1984] 2 S.C.R. 555, I have summarized the generalities on the law of res judicata and need only add here those comments particular to the case at bar. The Meaning of an Acquittal
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