XPost: uk.legal   
      
   In a civil matter, are the facts all to be set down in the pleadings,   
   before the matter is heard?   
   If so what is to be heard?   
   If not, is it not very amateurish and wastefull of court resources to   
   NOT establish the essential facts, which may require time consuming   
   evidence collection, before the hearing?   
   Is the sytem considered as being an adverserial system, and thus the   
   Court may NOT initiate it's own argument/s?   
   Do the rules recognise that a finite time is required to prepare a legal   
   argument and/or a rebuttal?   
   By 'argument', I mean a construction of:   
     facts plus statutes and precedence(sp?) leading a to conclusion in law.   
   What is the time allowed to prepare and file/serve an affidavit   
   replying to a 'founding affidavit': the initial document of the plaintiff?   
   How many rounds/cycles of affidavits are allowed?   
   Where would I read on line,  the procedure/rules relating to my   
   questions?   
      
   == TIA.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)