Read the full judgment text of HCA 003168/1972 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. The respondents commenced proceedings against the appellant in December 1972 by a writ of summons and the appellant filed a Defence and a Counterclaim on the 10th January, 1973. With what could scarcely be called "undue haste" the respondents applied to the Registrar in Chambers on the 3rd October, 1973 for liberty to amend the statement of claim and this was granted.