THE CURRENT IMPORTANCE OF PLEADINGS 90: THE COURT OF APPEAL WAS WRONG TO HOLD ONE DEFENDANT TO HIS PLEADED CASE WHILST EXONERATING A CO-DEFENDANT: THIS LED TO A FINDING THAT WAS AN “ABSURDITY”

In this case the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council considered whether the Court of Appeal in Trinidad and Tobago was correct to hold one defendant in a clinical negligence case to their pleaded case whilst, effectively, exculpating a co-defendant.   The result was described as an "absurdity" w...