Clause 23
Claims may be heard together
of Small Claims Tribunals Bill
BillNot in forceProvision 23 of 45
Clause 23
(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;
(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.