What is the test for dismissing a personal action against a corporate director pursuant to Rule 19(24)?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Steele v. Riverside Forest Products et al. and Raboch v. Riverside Forest Products et al., 2005 BCSC 1598 (CanLII):

That principle has been relied upon on numerous occasions in this court. In Dorus v. Tech Corp. (2002) B.C.C.A. 241 the court refused leave to appeal an order of Gill J. dismissing the plaintiff’s case against the personal defendants who were officers and employees of the defendant companies pursuant to Rule 19(24). In that case Gill J. wrote:

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