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In forceJoinder of defendants
Part 7Proceedings
Division 12Joinder of claims and parties and adding and deleting parties
176 Joinder of defendants
If a plaintiff or applicant claims to be entitled to relief in respect of, or arising out of, a transaction, a set of circumstances or a series of transactions involving a question of law or fact common to 2 or more persons – those persons may be joined as defendants against whom relief is claimed jointly, severally or in the alternative; and those persons may be so joined notwithstanding that the joinder involves the joinder of different causes of action.
The Court or a judge may in any case order the name of any person joined under subrule (1) to be struck out of the proceedings.
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