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As I recall, “pleadings” disappeared in 1999 after which what passed as such became merely “the story”.
I had a case pre-CPR and pre-fundamental dishonesty where as the evidence came out the case was utterly bogus and a “crash for cash”. The DJ brushed aside the admitted specials relating to vehicle damage and credit hire and dismissed the claim in its entirety on the basis that whilst stuck with the procedural admission of “breach of duty” ie the actual collision, he found that the claimant was utterly unbelievable as to the genuineness or extent of his losses including the specials. Costs followed the event.
So, putting the claimant under the pressure of giving oral evidence works whereas “paper-only” or skype-type absentee-witness trials don’t work.

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