The self-represented plaintiff, a former employee of the defendant supermarket, brought a motion for leave to further amend his statement of claim to add six individual employees as defendants.
The court dismissed the motion, finding that the proposed amendments failed to disclose any reasonable cause of action against the individuals, as the pleadings did not establish any independent tortious conduct outside the scope of their employment.
Furthermore, the court held that the allegations were insufficiently particularized and statute-barred under the Limitations Act, 2002.
The court also exercised its discretion under Rule 5.04(2) to refuse the amendments, noting that adding the individuals would unduly complicate and delay the proceedings.
