PLEADINGS: ARE THEY STILL IMPORTANT? THREE RECENT CASES REVIEWED

January 30, 2014 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Members Content, Written advocacy

There has yet to be a definitive review of the principles relating to pleadings under the Civil Procedure Rules. Here we look at some recent cases where the Court of Appeal has considered the importance of pleadings. Skrzynski –v- Metropolitan Police [2014] EWCA Civ 9 The case related to an incid...

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Mike Horton · January 31, 2014 at 09:30:22 · →

Consider also Smith v Bottomley [2013] EWCA Civ 953 where CA allowed appeal in relation to claim for £21k owed on sale of jointly owned property where claim made in witness statement but not in re-amended particulars of claim served at about the same time