Wapula Akipa [Akipe] and Others v Lowa and Simon Kambe [1990] PNGLR 502
Jurisdiction | Papua New Guinea |
Court | National Court |
Citation | [1990] PNGLR 502 |
Date | 07 December 1990 |
Year | 1990 |
Full Title: Wapula Akipa [Akipe] and Others v Lowa and Simon Kambe [1990] PNGLR 502
National Court: Kapi DCJ
Judgment Delivered: 7 December 1990
1 Practice and procedure—pleading the general issue under National Court Rules O8 r28
2 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE—Pleading—Pleading the "general issue"—Distinguished from general denial of pleaded facts—National Court Rules, O8, r21(2), r28.
The National Court Rules, relevantly provide:
O8, r28—"A party shall not plead the general issue".
O8, r21(2)—"A traverse may be either by a denial or by a statement of non–admission, and either expressly or by necessary implication, and either generally or as to any particular allegation".
Held:
(1) The prohibition on pleading the "general issue" in O8, r28, is not a prohibition on pleading a general denial of pleaded facts, which is permitted under O8, r21(2); it is a prohibition on stating a conclusion (viz, "not indebted" or "not liable") from denials which are not pleaded as matters of fact.
South Pacific Developments Pty Ltd v Rudenno (1968) 88 WN (Pt 1) (NSW) 538; [1968] 2 NSWLR 716, followed.
Hornibrook Constructions Pty Ltd v Kawas Express Corporation Pty Ltd [1986] PNGLR 301, not followed.
(2) A defence which denied matters of fact alleged in the plaintiff's claim did not plead the "general issue" within the meaning of O8, r28.
Hornibrook Constructions Pty Ltd v Kawas Express Corporation Pty Ltd [1986] PNGLR 301, Moore Road Machinery (NSW) Pty Ltd v Sourry (1960) NSWR 227 and South Pacific Developments Pty Ltd v Rudenno (1968) 88 WN (Pt 1) (NSW) 538; [1968] 2 NSWR 716 referred to
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This was an application on notice seeking to strike out certain defences to a statement of claim.
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