Principle

CIVIL PROCEDURE – Pleadings – Failure to Join Issue – Effect

Area of law
CIVIL PROCEDURE
Court
Supreme Court

Failure to join issue on material facts pleaded by the opposite party results in those facts being deemed admitted. The party who fails to respond is taken to accept the allegations. The rule applies to statements of claim and defence. If the plaintiff amends the…

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