The comments of Drapeau C.J.N.B. are equally applicable here where he noted in Parlee v. McFarlane (1999), 210 N.B.R. (2d) 284, [1999] N.B.J. No. 88 (QL), at para 33 : The importance of pleadings cannot be underemphasized. They define the issues not only for the parties, but for the judge as well. Indeed, I cannot fathom a situation where a trial judge could properly decide the case before him or her on a basis not raised in the pleadings or at trial. DISPOSITION
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