Does the doctrine of collateral attack prevent a party from undermining an order issued by a court or administrative tribunal?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Boxer Capital Corporation v. JEL Investments Ltd., 2013 BCSC 2366 (CanLII):

The “doctrine of collateral attack prevents a party from undermining previous orders issued by a court or administrative tribunal”: Garland v. Consumers’ Gas Co., 2004 SCC 25 at para 71.

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