What is the meaning of the word "genuine issue or law"?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Frothingham v. Perez, 2011 NSCA 59 (CanLII):
Although Justice Roscoe refers to “genuine issue of fact or law”, the words must be read in context, because simply raising an issue of law will not be sufficient to innoculate a case from summary judgment. In Gilbert v. Giffin, 2010 NSCA 95 (CanLII), we held:
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