BC Ferries Agreements: Joint And Several Liability Remains Between Non-Settling Parties - Real Estate and Construction
A BC Ferries Agreement gives one or more defendants an opportunity to settle out of a multi-party proceeding on the plaintiff's agreement to forego recovery of any portion of the loss ultimately attributable to the settling parties from the non-settling defendants. How does this affect the parties that remain in the action? Are they jointly, severally, or jointly and severally liable as between them? In The Owners of Strata Plan KAS3204 v Navigator Development Corporation,2020 BCSC 1954, Madam Justice Warren decided that a BC Ferries agreement extinguishes joint liability between settling p...
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