Read the full judgment text of HCA 001970/2002 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. I have before me two summonses. The first in time is one taken out by the defendant ("the Bank") dated 28 June 2002 to strike out the Statement of Claim under the provisions of Order 18, rule 19. All four grounds that are available under the rule are relied on in the summons but essentially, as will become clear in a moment, the real complaint is that the Statement of Claim amounts to an abuse of the process of the court. The other summons taken out by the plaintiff is for summary judgment un