Principle

CIVIL PROCEDURE – Res Judicata – Issue Estoppel – Formulation of Principle

Area of law
CIVIL PROCEDURE
Court
Supreme Court

The concise formulation of issue estoppel: a party cannot contest the contrary of any precise point distinctly put in issue and determined with certainty. The point must be precise—not vague or general. It must have been distinctly raised, not merely incidental. The determination must be…

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