Issue estoppel created by consent judgments: Dissonance between the principles underlying settlement and court decisions

• المؤلف الرئيسي: QUEK ANDERSON, Dorcas
• التنسيق: text
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• الموضوعات: res judicata; issue estoppel; cause of action estoppel; settlement; consent judgments; consent orders; Courts; Dispute Resolution and Arbitration
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research_smu/81; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1080&context=sol_research_smu

This paper discusses theapplication of the concept of issue estoppel to consent judgments. Four HighCourt decisions have reached conflicting conclusions on this topic and createdconsiderable conceptual difficulties. The paper discusses the underlyingreasons for the differences in these decisions, fo...