Independent Fisheries Limited v. Unified Fisheries Conservation Alliance

Decided: 2026-10-15. Docket: CA 550319. Citation: 2026 NSCA 74 (CanLII). Procedure — Pleadings — Particulars — Civil Procedure Rules, Rule 38.08 and Rule 38.09 — Did the motion judge err by failing to apply the correct legal principles for further and better particulars? — Distinction between material facts and evidence in a demand for particulars — Discretion must be anchored in correct legal principles — Appeal allowed with costs | Civil liability — Torts — Civil conspiracy — Civil Procedure Rules, Rule 38.03(3) — Whether civil conspiracy as unconscionable conduct required full particulars — Identification of conspirators, agreements, overt acts, and injury and damage — Deficient pleading precluding defendants from knowing the case to meet — UFCA ordered to provide requested particulars,