Two or more persons may be joined as plaintiffs or as defendants in any proceeding:

(a)

where the Court or a Justice, before or after the joinder, gives leave to do so; or

(b)

where

(i)

if separate proceedings were brought by or against each of them, some common question of law or fact would arise in all of the proceedings; or

(ii)

all rights to relief in the proceeding (whether joint, several or alternative) are in respect of or arise out of the same transaction or series of transactions.