The Court of Appeal granted leave to appeal from a District Court decision that had restricted the appellant's pleadings. [name withheld] held that where the factual matrix was uncertain and the respondent had not yet filed pleadings, the appellant should be permitted to plead alternative cases (including oral novation and estoppel) to cover all possible legal consequences of the dealings between the parties. The decision turned on its own facts and the particular complexity of the underlying transaction involving substitution of corporate entities.
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