What is the impact of Rule 18A of the Rules of Civil Procedure on a plaintiff’s ability to proceed in a personal injury action?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Bucher v. McClaugherty, 2001 BCSC 665 (CanLII):
I pause to say that where it has been the plaintiff’s choice to proceed by way of Rule 18A, he or she must be at the risk of any uncertainty arising from the use of this process (see Elyk v. John Doe (1996), 49 C.P.C. (3d) 240).
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