(c)entirely without prejudice to the foregoing and except where it is expressly admitted in this Defence, the Defendant denies each and every allegation in the Particulars of Claim.
Slight amendment to the wording above in red. The Civil Procedure Rules dictate that where you have not addressed an allegation that is pleaded in the Particulars of Claim, then it is deemed to be admitted. So the purpose of the wording is a catch all in the event that you forget to address any allegation in your defence. You tend to see this at the beginning or end of the defence and is useful to have in especially where the Particulars of Claim is very long or it is not properly set out where you can't address the allegations paragraph by paragraph. In this case Lowell have set it out in paragraphs and the particulars of claim are short, but it is still good practice just for any avoidance of doubt.
Slight amendment to the wording above in red. The Civil Procedure Rules dictate that where you have not addressed an allegation that is pleaded in the Particulars of Claim, then it is deemed to be admitted. So the purpose of the wording is a catch all in the event that you forget to address any allegation in your defence. You tend to see this at the beginning or end of the defence and is useful to have in especially where the Particulars of Claim is very long or it is not properly set out where you can't address the allegations paragraph by paragraph. In this case Lowell have set it out in paragraphs and the particulars of claim are short, but it is still good practice just for any avoidance of doubt.
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