What are the implications of a claim to add parties and amend pleadings?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from J.M.W. v. R.C.H., 2003 BCSC 134 (CanLII):
There is an interrelationship between claims to add parties and to amend pleadings. The overriding question is what is just and convenient: Volken v. Volken, 2002 BCSC 426. DISCUSSION
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