Read the full judgment text of HCA 001391/1975 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 10 December 1975.
1. This is an appeal on only one point viz: whether the Court has jurisdiction to extend time to file and serve a defence where a time limit to do so has been embodied in a consent order. The subject matter of the claim is irrelevant. But a short account of the steps taken in the proceedings will give the background of the point involved.