Does the use of the word and/or in pleadings connecting individual defendants to every claim made against the corporation is "window dressing", or is it simply window dressing"?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from TSCC Corporation No. 2123 v. Times Group Principals, 2018 ONSC 4799 (CanLII):

ACI v. Aviva added that the use of “and/or” in pleadings connecting the individual defendants to every claim made against the corporation is also nothing more than “window dressing”: [ACI v. Aviva, at para 12].

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