Magistrates Court (Civil Division) Rules 1998
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44 Pleadings
(1) [Rule 44 Subrule (1) amended by S.R. 2003, No. 17, Applied:09 Apr 2003] Subject to these rules and any order of the Court, the practice, form and content of pleadings are to comply with the Supreme Court Rules 2000 .
(2) Any pleading beyond a reply is not allowed except with the leave of the Court.
(3) A natural person who denies personal liability on the ground that the liability was incurred or assumed by or on behalf of another person or a body of persons, corporate or unincorporate, is to plead all material facts or circumstances –
(a) from which the liability of the other person or body of persons may be inferred; and
(b) identifying when, where and how the other person or body of persons incurred or assumed the liability.
(4) A party who alleges that the parties are bound by a quotation is to plead all material facts or circumstances identifying by whom, when, where and how the quotation was made.