JUDGEMENT
AMISSAH J.A.
The point at issue here is narrow but neat. It is whether a letter written without prejudice by one party may be given in evidence to prove not a statement made with the object of compromising the action but to prove a signature in the settlement of a dispute. Public policy demands that statements made without prejudice in an attempt to settle a dispute be excluded as evidence in the case. The defendant in this case wants to prove to the court what he says his signature is, it being a matter in controversy. He puts forward in support of this objective a letter which he claims he signed. Counsel for the plaintiff objects to the production of the letter on the ground that it was written without prejudice. If the object of introducing the letter was to prove the content of the statements therein then without question counsel for the plaintiff would be right in his contention. It being the rule that a letter written without prejudice cannot be looked at by the court…