The plaintiff, a former associate lawyer, brought a motion to add a new individual defendant to his claim against his former firm and three individual lawyers.
The existing individual defendants brought a cross-motion to strike the claim against them.
The court granted the defendants' motion to strike the claim against the individual defendants, finding no viable causes of action for employment claims, defamation, conspiracy, or direct breaches of the Rules of Professional Conduct or the Human Rights Code against them.
The plaintiff's motion to add a new defendant was dismissed.
The plaintiff was granted leave to amend the claim against the firm (WeirFoulds LLP) for breach of contract, wrongful dismissal, and ESA claims, with human rights allegations tethered to these.
Costs were awarded to the defendants.