Read the full judgment text of HCA 000308/1972 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. This is an appeal from the Registrar's decision to dismiss the Plaintiff's action for want of prosecution. Perhaps from the outset, I should observe that this is a very drastic power and to be exercised in a proper case only. The facts of the case are fairly brief and simple. In 1972 the Plaintiff issued a Writ claiming various sums of money from the Defendant company on contracts. It is alleged in the Statement of Claim that between the years of 1963 and 1965. there were no less than four or