Sentences with phrase «proceedings under its predecessor»

Not exact matches

[65] There are indeed many decisions of this Court and the Court of Appeal, under the FLA and its predecessors, holding that a spouse who has already commenced proceedings and obtained orders in a foreign court should generally not be permitted to bring separate proceedings in British Columbia addressing the same dispute.

The basis for the sanctions was that plaintiffs advanced a frivolous interpretation of «predecessor in interest» language in a release under a prior settlement stipulation in other proceedings.

It was swayed by the fact that sanctioned plaintiffs presented a plausible interpretation of «predecessors in interest» under the prior settlement stipulation given that the defendants interpreting otherwise were not involved in the prior proceedings.