Is a claim for misfeasance required to name individual public officers?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from 0956375 B.C. Ltd. v Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, 2020 BCSC 743 (CanLII):
In Moses v. Lower Nicola Indian Band, 2015 BCCA 61at paras. 44 and 45, Justice Newbury noted that a claim for misfeasance was required to name the individual public officers and gave the plaintiff leave to amend his pleading:
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