Principle

CIVIL PROCEDURE — Pleadings — Reply — Failure to File Reply Does Not Amount to Admission of Averments in Statement of Defence

Area of law
CIVIL PROCEDURE
Court
Supreme Court

Failure to file a reply does not admit the defendant's allegations. Issues are joined by the statement of defence. The plaintiff may traverse the defence without a reply. The defendant must still prove his allegations. The plaintiff is only precluded from adducing evidence of new…

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