2013 May 31

Burke v. John Does #1 to #18, 2013 BCSC 964

The British Columbia Supreme Court authorized the plaintiff to serve his notice of civil claim on the anonymous John Doe defendants by the alternate method of sending a private notification to each defendant’s message board account advising them that they are named as a defendant in this defamation action and telling them how to access the notice of civil claim and a copy of the order permitting alternative service at a dedicated page on the website of the plaintiff’s lawyers.