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r 12.05

Removal, addition or substitution of party

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Chapter 1General Rules
Part 12Joinder of claims and parties

12.05 Removal, addition or substitution of party

At any stage of proceedings, the Court may order that:

(a) a person who is not a proper or necessary party (whether or not the person was a party originally) cease to be a party;

(b)

any of the following persons be added as a party:

(i)

a person who ought to have been joined as a party;

(ii) a person whose presence before the Court is necessary to ensure that all questions in the proceedings are properly and completely determined;

(iii) a person in respect of whom there may exist a question arising out of, relating to or connected with a claim in the proceedings and it is just and convenient to determine the question between that person and a party as well as between the parties to the proceedings; or

(c) a person to whom paragraph (b) refers be substituted for a person to whom paragraph (a) refers.

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