What is the effect of the rule of estoppel on charter arguments that could have been brought forward at the second proceeding?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from L.M. v. British Columbia (Director of Child, Family and Community Services), 2016 BCSC 275 (CanLII):
Charter arguments that could have been brought forward at the first proceeding do not attract an exception to the rule of cause of action estoppel. As this Court held in Carpenter Fishing v. HMTQ, 2002 BCSC 324:
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