statement of claim


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statement of claim

n
(Law) law (in England) the first pleading made by the claimant in a civil court action showing the facts upon which he or she relies in support of the claim and the relief asked for
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The Malaysian government as the plaintiff filed a writ of summons and statement of claim through the IRB on July 24 at the Shah Alam High Court in Selangor, naming Nooryana Najwa, 31, as the defendant.
However, her statement of claim does not accuse 52-year-old Daly or Downton Hall Stables in Shropshire of negligence during the accident.
In his statement of claim, Shehu claimed that he was the original owner of a literary work 'Supervising Every Team' (SET) which he created since 2013 and registered by Nigeria Copyright Commission as number LW3590.
In a statement of claim accompanying the writ, the estate company said it would contend at the trial that Access Bank Ghana PLC had given its blessings to the supposed holder of an account that had been opened in its name to perpetrate fraud on it, and or that the defendant is in cahoots with the supposed holder to perpetrate the name fraud.
CBA has also indicated that AUSTRAC plans to file an amended statement of claim alleging additional contraventions.
24, 2015, while she was visiting Morton at his house, he threatened to skin her alive and he scraped her breasts with a box cutter, according to a statement of claim filed with the Court of Queens Bench in Saint John, N.B., October 2.
In her statement of claim, the lawyer gave evidence that the mother hasn't re-married and travelled for business, reports our sister paper Akhbar Al Khaleej.
The Manto Sipi Cree Nation filed a statement of claim Sept.
The statement of claim, filed by the Ivtsan-Netzer-Wolecki & Co., Law Offices, which represent Warner Bros.
Onion Lake Cree Nation filed a statement of claim Nov.
During the course of these proceedings, he amended his statement of claim so as to seek AED 841,833.

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