31.   In considering pre-litigation inquiries, therefore, a few points about liability and contributory negligence should be remembered.

32.   In conclusion, one must remember that in all cases of contributory negligence the burden of proof lies on the party alleging it.

33.   Defendants should always plead allegations of contributory negligence.

34.   In assessing the value of the action no account is to be taken of a possible but unadmitted finding of contributory negligence, costs or interest.

35.   If the defendant wants to allege contributory negligence then it must be pleaded.

36.   For example, the level of safety that persons are generally entitled to expect, problems with causation, contributory negligence and the development risks defence.

37.   Her infidelity counted as contributory negligence.

38.   Notwithstanding its contributory negligence, the City has been compensated for two-thirds of its cost of repairing the dock and headwall.

39.   The point is otherwise made in a later section noting that contributory negligence is no bar to recovery because fraudulent misrepresentation is an intentional tort.

40.   If the IMF does not regulate currency trading, then it shall be guilty of negligence, or even contributory negligence.