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MacNutt v. Nova Scotia (Attorney General); Merriam v. Nova Scotia (Attorney General)

Court Supreme Court
Date 2005-06-21
Citation 2005 NSSC 337
Docket SH 179245
Judge/Registrar/Adjudicator Hood, Suzanne M. (Honourable Justice)
Document Type Library Sheet
Relations Decision - MacNutt v. Nova Scotia (Attorney General); Merriam v. Nova Scotia (Attorney General) - 2005 NSSC 337 - 2005-06-21 - Decision

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NOVA SCOTIA

Citation:  MacNutt v.  Nova Scotia (Attorney General); Merriam v.  Nova Scotia (Attorney General), 2005 NSSC 337

  

Date:  050621

Docket:   SH 179245

Registry:  Halifax

Between:

 

Cathy MacNutt

Applicant

v.

 

Attorney General of Nova Scotia

                                                                                                            Respondent

 

And:

Docket:   SH 174025

                                                                                                                            

Thomas G. Merriam

Applicant

v.

 

Attorney General of Nova Scotia

                                                                                                            Respondent

 

LIBRARY HEADING

 

Judge:                     The Honourable Justice Suzanne M. Hood

 

Heard:                     June 15, 2005 in Special Chambers, Halifax, Nova Scotia

 

Written Decision:    December 8, 2005 (Oral decision June 21, 2005)

 

Subject:                   Consolidation of actions; C.P.R. 39.02; Judicature Act,                       s. 41(g)

 

Summary:               Catherine MacNutt and Tom Merriam commenced separate actions against the Attorney General of Nova Scotia in May 2002.  They seek to have these actions consolidated for trial.

 

 

 

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Issue:          Should the actions be consolidated?

 

Result:                    Consolidation not ordered; trials to be heard consecutively by the same judge.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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