Pleadings: Request for Particulars (BC)

Summary

This practice note discusses reviews a party's right to deliver a request for further and better particulars of something stated in a pleading. It reviews the purpose of the request for particulars, the common claims that require particulars (including misrepresentation, fraud, breach of trust, willful default, undue influence, and defamation), and considerations that a court may take into account when an application is made to deal with a request for particulars.