the parties upon which they can prepare and present their respective cases and upon which the court will be called upon to adijucate between them. It thus serves the double purposes of informing each party what is the case of the opposite party which will govern …….the trial and which the court will have to determine at the trial” In DFCU Bank LTD Vs Dr. Nakate Lusejjere C.A.C.A No. 21 of 2004 (Unreported), Byamigisha JA had this to say. “The system of pleadings is designed not only to define with precision and clarity the issues or questions which are disputed between the parties but also to fulfill some of the most fundamental principles of natural justice. These are that each party should have a reasonable opportunity of answering the claim or defence of his/her opponent and each party should have a reasonable opportunity of preparing and presenting his/her case.” In Esso Petroleum Company Ltd Vs South Port corporation [1956] AC 218 Lord Norman stated the purpose thus:“The function of pleadings is to give a fair notice of a case which has to be met so that the opposite party may direct his evidence to the issues disclosed by them”. In C.A Bisuti Vs Busoga District Administration C.S. No 83 of [1969] the court addressing its mind to the function of particulars in pleadings had this to say:“The function of particulars was to carry into operation the overriding principle that the litigation between the parties and particularly the trial should be conducted fairly, openly and without surprise. They served to inform the other side of the nature of the case they had to meet as distinguished from the