Read the full judgment text of on BabelCite. was delivered on 4 December 1969.
1. As my Lord has indicated, there was some argument as to the real basis of the learned judge's decision. This much is clear: he did not rule upon the admissibility of the "without prejudice" correspondence. The dispute relates to the question whether the correspondence (assuming it to be admissible) contains an admission of liability. The first sentence of the passage cited by my Lord from the judgment appears at first sight to be a finding of an admission but I am satisfied that that was not