Read the full judgment text of HCA 000239/1976 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 21 February 1978.
1. There are three defendants in this fatal accident case. Prior to this hearing, judgment had been entered against the second defendant driver in default of appearance At the hearing, counsel for the plaintiffs applied under Order 33 rule 4(2) of the Rules of the Supreme Court to adjourn the trial of the issue of the liability of the first and third defendants to a date to be fixed and that the issue of damages be heard forthwith. This appears to be putting the cart before the horse but his rea