--(1) The defendant may not rely on any allegation which he did not mention in his defence, but which he should have mentioned there, unless the court gives him permission to do so.
--(2) The court may give the defendant such permission at a case management conference.
--(3) The court may not give the defendant such permission after a case management conference unless the defendant can satisfy the court that there has been a significant change in circumstances which became known after the date of the case management conference.
Notes
Amended by Legal Notice 140 of 2000.
It must be noted that sub-rule (3) is far more onerous than the amended provisions of rule 20.1, which apply to amendments to statements of case. The author suggests that it appears to be an oversight that sub-rule (3) was not amended in conjunction with rule 20.1.
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