Principle

CIVIL PROCEDURE – Pleadings – Issue Joined – Determination Must Be Confined to Issues Joined

Area of law
CIVIL PROCEDURE
Court
Supreme Court

Civil cases are decided on issues joined by the parties. If a party relies on a document (e.g., deed of conveyance) and no issue is joined on it, the court may accept it as unchallenged. The opposing party must prove their pleaded case with evidence—mere…

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