Pleadings

Pleadings are the documents which set out the claim in suit so that
- the Arbitrator, Court and Parties know what is being determined; and
- the Parties know in advance the case that they have to meet at trial

Interesting Cases

Re Kernel Holdings Pty Ltd v Rothmans of Pall Mall (Australia) Pty Ltd¹⁾
- “[m]aterial facts must be pleaded with the degree of specificity necessary to define the issues and inform the parties in advance of the case they have to meet”