The plaintiff, Newton Crypto Ltd., brought a motion to strike the statements of defence of several defendants for failing to meet the minimum level of material fact disclosure required by the Rules of Civil Procedure, particularly regarding particularized allegations of fraud.
The court found the defences deficient, consisting of non-specific and blanket denials without providing the defendants' own version of facts.
The court rejected the defendants' argument regarding self-incrimination.
The statements of defence were struck, but with leave to amend within 20 days, and costs were awarded to the plaintiff.
