How have libel defendants been required to provide details of individual instances, occasions or individuals in a libel action?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 213 v. Pacific Newspaper Group Inc. et al., 2004 BCSC 310 (CanLII):
Even where defendants have not been required to provide minute details (e.g. specific dates of events, per Mimistic, ibid.) or to list each and every instance of facts justifying the alleged libel (Siddon v. Mair (No. 2), [1997] B.C.J. No. 280 at ¶ 16-18 (S.C.), libel defendants have nevertheless not been absolved from at least mentioning some individual instances, occasions, transactions or the individuals involved.
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