The self-represented plaintiff sought leave to amend his statement of claim in a solicitor negligence action to add new allegations, add a new defendant lawyer, and increase his damages claim to $100 million.
The court granted leave to amend the claim against the existing defendants, finding a triable issue on whether the new allegations were statute-barred and that they disclosed a reasonable cause of action.
However, the court denied leave to add the new defendant, as the claims against her were clearly statute-barred and no reasonable cause of action was pleaded.
The plaintiff was permitted to increase the damages claim and continue in the ordinary procedure.
