A “DEFENCE STRAIGHT OUT OF THE 1970S”: DEFENDANT’S PLEADINGS 40 YEARS OUT OF DATE

Some defences are inadequate. Some are (rightly) struck out. Some do not recognise the essential difference between a non-admission  and a denial. A series of denials is, the case law makes clear, an inappropriate and archaic way of proceeding. "Churchill's defence could not be more basic. It is a c...