Read the full judgment text of HCA 004957/1980 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. This is an appeal against a master's decision granting the Plaintiff leave to re-amend its statement of claim. The 2nd Defendant opposed that application on the grounds that the re-amendment is a new claim, brought solely against the 2nd Defendant, and based on an allegation of fraud which had not previously been pleaded. It was not an amended claim but was a completely fresh one based on vague grounds and, coming some 51/2 years after the original claim was filed, it should not be allowed as