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I couldn't know why Brugge's lawyer submitted a copy of the contract with the complaint. It's not a "dodge"; i'm simply not a mindreader.

You dodged my question. Why submit any…..evidence ahead of time?

Many possible reasons come to mind:

- Courtesy
- Strategy
- Convenience
- Convention
- Error

If their motivation matters so much to you, you'd have to ask the lawyer directly.

Using your logic,

It's not "my logic". It's me citing material published by the courts themselves.

You're claiming to know the "rules of procedure" for these courts... but you "dodge" by refusing to cite which specific rule requires all evidence for NJ Special Civil Courts to be submitted in advance of the trial.

I’m not claiming to be smarter than the people who created the court guides. I simply understand what they created.

Yet you insist the guide is wrong. it plainly says "Arrange to have available any witnesses and records you need to prove your case AT the trial." That directly contradicts your assertion that all evidence must be submitted to court BEFORE trial.

You’re suggesting Brugg could walk in with a revised contract that removed the clause about a written extension or anything else the Judge hasn’t had time to review.

Yes. I'm suggesting that in small claims courts, judges have discretion to admit evidence DURING trial, not only BEFORE trial. And the instructions in the court-published guide supports my belief.

I expect that if Brugge arrives at trial with a signed contract revision, an audio recording, live witnesses, a paper trail, or some other evidence to support a claim that his contract was extended, then the judge will consider that evidence.