UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 2005 - REG 15.31 Particulars concerning grounds that defeat defamation defences

UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 2005 - REG 15.31

15.31 Particulars concerning grounds that defeat defamation defences

(cf SCR Part 67, rule 19(1); DCR Part 49, rule 18)

(1) If a plaintiff intends to meet any defamation defence--

(a) by alleging that the defendant was actuated by express malice in the publication of the matter complained of, or

(b) by relying on any matter which, under the Defamation Act 1974 or the Defamation Act 2005 , defeats the defence,

then the particulars required by rule 15.1 in relation to the reply must include particulars of the facts, matters and circumstances on which the plaintiff relies to establish that allegation or matter of defeasance.

(2) The particulars required by subrule (1) must be set out in the reply, or, if that is inconvenient, may be set out in a separate document, referred to in the reply, and that document must be filed and served with the reply.