Notice to admit facts


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Notice to admit facts


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Practice notes
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What is a notice to admit facts?

Put simply a notice requests the other side to admit facts in the case. The aim of such a notice is to save time, and importantly, costs, because a party will not need not go to the expense of proving uncontroversial detail. It can also be a useful strategic tool. The notice is set out in a form in which a party gives notice to another party in proceedings that it is being requested to:

  1. •

    admit identified facts in the claim and

  2. •

    agree how the admitted facts will be treated

The notice must be set out in the form set out in Form N266.

The party responding to the notice to admit facts must identify which of the facts are admitted and which are not.

When might a notice to admit be useful?

In theory, all facts set out in a statement of case must be proved at trial. However, in reality many facts will not need to be proved by the party asserting them. For example:

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    the

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In a contractual context, a notice may be to terminate the agreement, or may be the notice required to do a certain thing under the contract. Notices usually must comply with certain formalities set out in the contract, and certain time limits.

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