In a multi-party litigation, can a judge give judgment for or against individual defendants?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Global Chinese Press Inc. v Zhang, 2021 BCSC 328 (CanLII):
Similar comments have been made about giving judgment for or against individual defendants in multi-party litigation. For example, in The Owners, Strata Plan VIS 3815 v. Polo Pacific, 2003 BCSC 1811, Mr. Justice Macaulay said at paras. 38–39:
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