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…(iv) THAT I aver and affirm that parties are bound by their pleadings and that any evidence led by any of the parties which does not support the averments in the pleadings, or put in another way, which is at variance with…

…the averments of the pleadings goes to no issue and must be disregarded.…

…(iv) THAT I aver and affirm that parties are bound by their pleadings and that any evidence led by any of the parties which does not support the averments in the pleadings, or put in another way, which is at variance with…

…the averments of the pleadings goes to no issue and must be disregarded.…

…Under that order: - “ Any party may at any stage of a suit where admission of facts has been made either on the pleadings or otherwise, apply to the Court for such judgment or order as upon such admission he may be entitled…

…That not withstanding the general rule is that a party is bound by his pleadings. The appellant claimed expenses incurred in pursuing refund and no proof was led as to this claim and it was rightly rejected.…

…See Bullen and Leak, 12th edition at p 379 and a claim for special damages must be expressly claimed in the pleadings with full particulars of how it is made out.…

…The defendant was served but he filed no papers and the court being satisfied that he had due notice of the pleadings allowed the plaintiff to proceed by way of formal proof.…

…for declaration by originating summons, but under the amended rule 10 of the same order if an originating summons has been filed, it can proceed as if the suit was commenced by plaint and the affidavit filed be treated as pleadings…

…There was also a passage in Bullen & Leake’s Precedents of Pleadings (3rd edition) pp 362, 363 and the authority of Riley v Baxendale (1861), 6 H & N 445 in which the Court (Pollock CB and Martin and Wilde BB) was of the…

…Since the main case is still pending I will not analyse the pleadings.…