7.20   Proceedings against defendant operating under unregistered business name

(cf SCR Part 64, rule 2; DCR Part 46, rule 2; LCR Part 35, rule 2)

(1)  Proceedings against a person in respect of anything done or omitted to be done by the person in the course of, or in relation to, a business carried on under an unregistered business name may be commenced against that person, as defendant, under that name.

(2)  For the purposes of any such proceedings, the unregistered business name is taken to be a sufficient description of that person.

(3)  Any judgment or order arising from any such proceedings may be enforced against that person.