Defence of a highway authority against a claim for flooding


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Precedents

Defence of a highway authority against a claim for flooding


Published by a ½Û×ÓÊÓƵ PI & Clinical Negligence expert

Precedents
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[In the High Court of Justice

OR

In the County Court at [insert]]

[[Specify division]]

[[Specify Specialist court]]

[[Insert location] District Registry]

Claim No: [insert claim number]

Between

  1. [A B]        Claimants

  1. and

  1. [X Y]        Defendants

defence

    1. 1

      Paragraph 1 of the Particulars of Claim is admitted.

    1. 2

      The Defendants are unable to admit or to deny and therefore require the Claimant to prove the facts and matters alleged in paragraph 2 of the Particulars of Claim.

    1. 3

      Negligence, breach of statutory duty and causation as alleged in paragraph 3 of the Particulars of Claim, or at all, are each denied.

    1. 4

      It is denied that the Defendants were guilty of nuisance as alleged

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Defence definition
What does Defence mean?

The statement of case in which the defendant sets out the facts on which he relies in response to the particulars of claim.

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