Principle

CIVIL PROCEDURE – Pleadings – Striking Out Pleadings – Disclosure of Reasonable Cause of Action

Area of law
CIVIL PROCEDURE
Court
Supreme Court

This comprehensively restates and reinforces Principle 568. Test for reasonable cause of action: Consider only statement of claim allegations, deem them admitted, assess if some chance of success exists—weakness irrelevant. "Some chance of success" means: not hopeless, has possibility (however remote), and deserves trial determination.…

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