The Plaintiff, Fourteen Estates Limited, brought a motion to have two separate actions (a contract dispute/lien action and a libel action) share common processes and proceed on a common timetable.
The Defendant, Mandy Marie Jensen, opposed the motion, arguing it would complicate and delay the lien action and increase costs due to separate counsel.
The court, applying Rule 6.01 of the Rules of Civil Procedure, found significant factual overlap concerning the quality of construction work in both actions.
The court determined that sharing common processes would lead to efficiency and substantial cost savings for all parties, outweighing the defendant's concerns.
The motion was granted, and the parties were ordered to prepare a revised common timetable.