A director of a company can only satisfy the requirement in UCPR r 7.1(3) to be 'also a plaintiff' if the director has a personal cause of action against the defendant; merely being joined as a party without a personal cause of action is insufficient. A company is not a 'person under legal incapacity' and cannot sue through a tutor. The policy rationale for r 7.1(3) is the protection of defendants against irrecoverable costs from corporate plaintiffs.
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