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To support us, please follow us wherever you're listening and visit our website to provide feedback.Civil procedure — Abuse of process — Multiplicity of proceedings — Aboriginal claims(00:00:15) Summary(00:02:38) Disposition(00:07:05) Reasons for Judgment: Rowe J. (Wagner C.J. and Karakatsanis, Côté, Martin, Kasirer, Jamal, O’Bonsawin and Moreau JJ. concurring) – 1(00:08:44) I. Facts – 5(00:09:08) A. The 1994 Action – 7(00:11:54) B. The 2020 Action – 12(00:13:58) C. The 2021 Originating Application – 15(00:16:25) II. Judgments Below – 20(00:16:28) A. Court of Queen’s Bench of Saskatchewan, 2022 SKQB 23 (Robertson J.) – 20(00:17:51) B. Court of Appeal of Saskatchewan, 2023 SKCA 35, 479 D.L.R. (4th) 345 (Leurer J.A., Richards C.J. and Tholl J.A. concurring) – 23(00:20:28) III. Issue – 29(00:20:53) IV. Relevant Statutory Provisions – 30(00:22:39) V. Analysis – 31(00:22:41) A. Standard of Review – 31(00:23:27) B. The Abuse of Process Doctrine – 33(00:27:48) C. Does the 2021 Originating Application Give Rise to an Abuse of Process? – 42(00:28:34) (1) What Each Legal Proceeding Deals With – 43(00:29:48) (2) Whether MNS’s Assertion of Breach of Duty To Consult in the 2021 Originating Application Amounts to an Abuse of Process – 47(00:35:20) (3) Whether MNS’s 2021 Originating Application Amounts to an Abuse of Process Because of a Duplication of Issues With the 2020 Action – 56(00:39:19) VI. Conclusion and Disposition – 62
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