What is the authority of the Courts in common law jurisdictions to determine who has the authority to issue a notice of intent to sue?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Broekman Ten Brink v. Block Bros. Realty Ltd., 1985 CanLII 466 (BC SC):

[10] From my perusal of the cases cited by counsel, many of which are listed in Craies and in Shea v. Miller, I am forced to the conclusion that in most of the common law jurisdictions the weight of authority is as concluded by Parker J. in Shea v. Miller.

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