Read the full judgment text of HCA 001426/1999 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 20 July 1999.
1. The defendants ask for permission to file further evidence at this very late stage. The difficulties which the defendants have apparently experienced do not justify that. All that is required of a defendant in an application for summary judgment is to show that he has a defence which has a realistic prospect of success. This the defendants ought to have done long ago. The indulgence formerly granted all too often to applications such as this cannot be repeated in future, with the costs and de