this video is made in A Levels Academy Islamabad by Barrister Amna
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00:00When representing yourself in court, it's on you and you alone to get your hands on any and all material that helps your case.
00:08Otherwise, being embarrassed will be the least of your problems.
00:12LegalYou has already filled you in on the discovery process of a civil case.
00:16Again, this is where both parties facing off get to collect all the information they need to make their arguments.
00:23After all, you can't go into battle without the right arsenal.
00:27As a party in a case, you need to make the most of discovery, to collect anything that may benefit your cause.
00:34This includes getting information from the other side, which either party can legally do through certain methods.
00:40Request for admissions is one of these methods.
00:43Request for admission is a set of statements from one party given to the other, which then must be admitted or denied, or explained why they can't do either.
00:51It's basically true-false questions, except true is replaced with admit and false is replaced with deny.
00:58You can send your opponent up to 30 written statements, which then must be responded to within a 30-day period.
01:05If your opponent admits to the statement, you don't have to prove it in court.
01:09Legally, the answering party may reject the request as long as there's a good reason.
01:14As mentioned, these requests are a two-way street, so each party is equally responsible for cooperating.
01:21If you receive a request for admissions, you must write down whether you admit, deny, or are unable to do either in response to the statements.
01:29If you pick the third option, you must have made a reasonable effort to find out.
01:34If you don't respond within the 30-day time frame, the court will act as if you admitted to it.
01:39They will also judge whether any objections are valid.
01:42If you made a mistake answering a statement, you may ask the court to go back and change it, if it's fair to your opponent, of course.
01:49Utilizing this knowledge effectively will only help achieve the best outcome possible.
01:54You want that, don't you?