CIVIL PROCEDURE BACK TO BASICS 22: WHEN THE CLAIMANT ADOPTS ALLEGATIONS OF CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE: HOIST ON YOUR OWN PETARD

This post follows on from the previous post in relation to pleading the Defendant's case in the alternative.  Here we are looking at cases where a defendant pleads allegations of negligence and the claimant uses  those allegations as allegations against the Defendant. In essence the allegations mad...