The appellant appealed an order of the Master that allowed some amendments to its statement of claim but disallowed others on the basis that they advanced new causes of action barred by the limitation period.
The Divisional Court allowed the appeal, finding that the disallowed amendments arose out of the same factual matrix as the original claim and merely clarified or expanded upon the existing allegations.
The court emphasized that pleadings should be read generously and amendments presumptively allowed unless they cause non-compensable prejudice or advance a completely separate claim.
