Read the full judgment text of HCA 000139/1982 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 13 March 1985.
1. This was an application by both defendants to dismiss the plaintiff's claim for want of prosecution. I dismissed the application at the conclusion of the hearing, but out of deference to the most careful and detailed argument put before me by counsel for both defendants I said I would put my reasons in writing. I also reserved my ruling upon a question of costs. I now hand down these reasons and this ruling, and at the request of both parties do so in open court.