Defamation Ordinance

It shall be competent for the Court of First Instance, on an application by or
                on behalf of 2 or more defendants in actions in respect to the same, or
                substantially the same, libel brought by one and the same person, to make an order
                for the consolidation of such actions; and after such order has been made, and
                before the trial of the said actions, the defendants in any new actions instituted
                in respect to the same, or substantially the same, libel shall also be entitled to
                be joined in a common action on a joint application being made by such new
                defendants and the defendants in the actions already consolidated.
(Amended
25 of 1998 s. 2
)