In a defamation action, can an interrogatory to establish the truth of the alleged defamation be used?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Leech v. Leader Publishing Co., Ltd., 1926 CanLII 159 (SK CA):
In Walker v. Hodgson, supra, at p. 248 ([1909] 1 K.B.) Vaughan-Williams, L.J., said: According to the ordinary practice, interrogatories to establish the truth of the alleged defamation are not admissible unless justification is set up by the defence.
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