What is Res judicata and its two related doctrines of issue estoppel?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from British Columbia (Securities Commission) v Pasquill, 2021 BCSC 1047 (CanLII):
Res judicata and its two related doctrines of issue estoppel, and the rule in Henderson v. Henderson (1843), 3 Hare 100, which generally limits a litigant to one action founded on a particular set of facts, are founded upon two principles usually stated by their Latin maxims: (1) Interest reipublicae ut sit finis litium; (2) Nemo debet bis vexari.
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