The court laid down the procedure on a strike out application: ‘On an application to strike out a pleading under RSC Ord.18, r.19(1)(a) no evidence is admissible and since it is only the pleading itself which is being examined, the court is required to assume that each and every one of the facts pleaded (unless … Continue reading Morgan Crucible Company Plc v Hill Samuel and Co Ltd: ChD 24 Jul 1990