What is a privy and what is its effect?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from L.M. v. British Columbia (Director of Child, Family and Community Services), 2016 BCSC 275 (CanLII):
A privy is a person who has a right to participate with a party in the proceeding, or who has a participatory interest in its outcome, i.e. the outcome could affect the liability of that person: Lougheed Estate v. Wilson, 2012 BCSC 169 at para. 68.
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