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LARTEY J.: By his motion the plaintiff seeks an order that the defendant do deliver to the plaintiff written particulars of matters in the statement of defence in respect of paragraphs 10-12, 14, 24 and 25. The motion was purported to have been brought under Order 19, rr 6-8 and 23 of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 1954 (LN 140A).
By his indorsement on the writ of summons, the plaintiff’s claim is:
“for ¢10 million damages for (a) libel contained in the draft of a press statement made and published by the defendant . . . and (b) wrongful interference with and intermeddling in the plaintiff’s right to work and follow his calling as a research scientist and crop development expert.”
In his statement of claim, the plaintiff under paragraph 11 set out in full the draft he relied upon as having been falsely and maliciously written and published of the plaintiff by the defendant. In the opening paragraph of the draft it had been alleged that there had been frequent interference from t…