Principle

EVIDENCE LAW – Pleadings – Documents Referred to in Pleadings – Effect of Reference

Area of law
EVIDENCE LAW
Court
Supreme Court

Referencing a document in pleadings generally makes it part of the pleading—the court can consider averments relating to it. However, where procedural rules prohibit looking at other documents (e.g., demurrer proceedings confined to statement of claim), mere reference does not entitle the court to examine…

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