In what circumstances will the defence claim that individual issues overwhelm common issues?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Parsons v. Coast Capital Savings Credit Union, 2006 BCSC 552 (CanLII):

In MacKinnon v. National Money Mart, at paragraph 39, Brown J. observed “Individual issues overwhelm the common issues.” The defence claims the same is true here.

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