Principle

CIVIL PROCEDURE – Pleadings – Parties Bound by Their Case

Area of law: CIVIL PROCEDURE
Court: Supreme Court

This fundamental pleading principle requires: parties prove what they've pleaded, not something different; evidence must correspond to pleaded facts; courts ignore evidence departing from pleadings. "Bound by pleadings" means parties cannot: shift theories at trial, prove unpleaded facts, or rely on claims/defenses not raised in…

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