THE CURRENT IMPORTANCE OF PLEADINGS 100: PRIVY COUNCIL CONFIRM THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS NOT ENTITLED TO RELY ON A DEFENCE NEVER PLEADED

For post one hundred in this series it is perhaps fitting that we look at a Privy Council decision that shows, in categorical and clear terms, that a failure to plead essential points cannot be dismissed as a technicality.  Here the defendant did not plead the major point he wanted to rely on. The t...