What is the limitation period for adding a party to a claim?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Streamline Foods Ltd. v. Jantz Canada Corporation, 2011 ONSC 1630 (CanLII):
The principles articulated in the cases prior to the passage of the Limitations Act, 2002 should be treated with caution. It is no longer possible to add parties after the expiry of a limitation period even in the face of special circumstances (Joseph v. Paramount Canada’s Wonderland).
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