Case Management
maE. High Court Roll
1. Civil Cases
Floating Roll
(a) Up to 312 civil cases per term will be enrolled at 24 cases per week on a floating roll;
(b) These 312 civil cases will be enrolled at a predetermined Registrar's meeting for each term;
(c) The procedure of enrolment is the following:
(i) Practitioners intending to enroll civil cases on the floating civil roll shall complete a pro forma form provided to legal practitioners, requesting a specific number of days for the hearing of each case;
(ii) At the Registrar's meeting the Registrar will allocate provisional dates for such civil cases;
(iii) Legal Practitioners then have 14 days to formally set down such cases, providing an index of the Pleadings and paginating same, as well as ensuring that the Minutes of a Rule 37 Conference is filed;
(iv) It is only when the requirements of subparagraph (iii) and paragraph (d) of this subsection have been complied with, that the case will be formally enrolled by the Registrar;
(v) In respect of those cases where subparagraph (iii) has not been complied with no set down will be made and such cases will have to be set down afresh for the next term, following the procedure set out above; (vi) Up to three Judges will be assigned to hear and try civil cases each week and a pre-trial hearing will be held with the presiding Judges on Monday at 14h15;
(d) No date for the hearing of any opposed action or application (except an urgent application) shall be granted by the Registrar to any legal practitioner acting for and on behalf of a litigant unless the legal practitioner applying for a hearing date annexes to the Notice of Application for a trial date a document setting out the legal and factual issues to be determined in the case. An example is set out in Annexure "A" hereto. (The summary should not be more than 100 words.)
2. Divorce Cases – Floating Roll
(a) Not more than five opposed divorce cases per week will be enrolled on
1. Civil Cases
Floating Roll
(a) Up to 312 civil cases per term will be enrolled at 24 cases per week on a floating roll;
(b) These 312 civil cases will be enrolled at a predetermined Registrar's meeting for each term;
(c) The procedure of enrolment is the following:
(i) Practitioners intending to enroll civil cases on the floating civil roll shall complete a pro forma form provided to legal practitioners, requesting a specific number of days for the hearing of each case;
(ii) At the Registrar's meeting the Registrar will allocate provisional dates for such civil cases;
(iii) Legal Practitioners then have 14 days to formally set down such cases, providing an index of the Pleadings and paginating same, as well as ensuring that the Minutes of a Rule 37 Conference is filed;
(iv) It is only when the requirements of subparagraph (iii) and paragraph (d) of this subsection have been complied with, that the case will be formally enrolled by the Registrar;
(v) In respect of those cases where subparagraph (iii) has not been complied with no set down will be made and such cases will have to be set down afresh for the next term, following the procedure set out above; (vi) Up to three Judges will be assigned to hear and try civil cases each week and a pre-trial hearing will be held with the presiding Judges on Monday at 14h15;
(d) No date for the hearing of any opposed action or application (except an urgent application) shall be granted by the Registrar to any legal practitioner acting for and on behalf of a litigant unless the legal practitioner applying for a hearing date annexes to the Notice of Application for a trial date a document setting out the legal and factual issues to be determined in the case. An example is set out in Annexure "A" hereto. (The summary should not be more than 100 words.)
2. Divorce Cases – Floating Roll
(a) Not more than five opposed divorce cases per week will be enrolled on