Principle

CIVIL PROCEDURE – Pleadings – Amendment of Pleadings – Amendment Sought to Defeat Ground of Appeal

Area of law
CIVIL PROCEDURE
Court
Supreme Court

An amendment that alters the character of the case as considered by the courts below will not be granted on appeal. The appellate court will not allow a party to fundamentally change their case after judgment. Amendment is not a vehicle to defeat grounds of…

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