CIVIL PROCEDURE: Summary judgment

3 cases · March 2025 to April 2025

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Order 14 application — Requirements for summary judgment — Whether plaintiff has satisfied preliminary requirements — Whether defendants have raised triable issues — Standard of proof for establishing triable defence — Whether mere assertions constitute credible evidence — Whether documentary evidence establishes clear liability 1 case

Order 14 applications — Prima facie case establishment — Burden of proof shifting to defendant — Whether defendant has triable defence — Whether bare denials constitute genuine defence — Sufficiency of documentary evidence 1 case

Order 14 Rules of Court 2012 — Triable issues — Whether defendant raised valid triable issues — Whether prima facie case established — Whether burden of proof satisfied — Striking out pleadings — Order 18 Rule 19 Rules of Court 2012 — Whether counterclaim obviously unsustainable — Whether pleadings frivolous or vexatious — Whether counterclaim constitutes abuse of process 1 case

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