What is the test for a party to plead before a court?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Synergy Counselling v. Dunvegan Enterprises, 2013 BCPC 101 (CanLII):
Actions are defined by their pleadings. Parties should not be called upon to meet one case in the pleadings and an entirely separate case when they come to court. As Low, J.A. stated for our Court of Appeal in Adams Lake Indian Band v. Lieutenant Governor in Council, 2012 BCCA 333 at paragraph 63: “Pleadings define the issues before the court and the inquiry by the court should be limited thereby.”
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