Small Claims Tribunals Act · s 28

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s 28Claims may be heard together

(1)

Where two or more claims are filed and it appears to a tribunal that —

(a)

a common question of fact or law arises in both or all of them;

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(b)

the claims arose out of the same cause of action; or

(c)

it would be in the interests of justice, the tribunal may order that such claims be heard at the same time.

(2)

The power conferred by this section may be exercised by a tribunal notwithstanding that the hearing of one or more of the claims has begun.