Does section 21(1) of the Limitations Act, 2002 apply to add a third party to the limitation period?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Truscott et al v. Co-operators General Insurance Company et al, 2021 ONSC 7307 (CanLII):
The Ontario Court of Appeal in Joseph v. Paramount Canada’s Wonderland, 2008 ONCA 469 confirmed that where the new Limitations Act, 2002 applied, the effect of section 21(1) was to abolish the doctrine of special circumstances. Section 21 of the Act precludes the addition of parties to an existing action after the expiry of the limitation period.
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