The Queensland Court of Appeal upheld the trial judge's refusal to join third parties, finding no misapprehension of the basis for exercising the discretion under UCPR r 192. The Court held that the trial judge was entitled to conclude that the inconvenience to the plaintiffs from delay and additional cost outweighed the inconvenience to the defendant of commencing a separate action, and that joinder would render a simple matter complex. No proper basis for appellate interference with the exercise of discretion was established.
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