What is the test for adding parties to a personal injury trial?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Eaglestone v Intact Insurance, 2021 BCSC 271 (CanLII):
The discretion to add parties should be exercised generously to allow effective determination of the issues without delay, inconvenience, or separate trials. Parties should be added unless the allegations are frivolous: Ipsos S.A. et al v. Reid et al, 2005 BCSC 1114.
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