What is the difference between the two branches of res judicata?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Petrelli v. Lindell Beach Holiday Resort Ltd., 2011 BCCA 367 (CanLII):
In Hoque v. Montreal Trust Co. of Canada (1997), 1997 NSCA 153 (CanLII), 162 N.S.R. (2d) 321 at 330 (C.A.), Cromwell J.A. (as he then was) said this about the two branches of res judicata:
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