Principle

CIVIL PROCEDURE — Pleadings — Statement of Claim Supersedes Writ of Summons

Area of law
CIVIL PROCEDURE
Court
Supreme Court

The statement of claim supersedes the writ of summons. Claims in the writ not repeated in the statement of claim are deemed abandoned. The principle applies to civil procedure. The rule makes the statement of claim the definitive pleading. The defendant need only respond to…

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