Read the full judgment text of HCA 004277/1982 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. The present appeal against an order of a Master, granting leave to the plaintiff to amend the statement of claim, was heard in Chambers but because of the legal issues raised, judgment is being delivered in open Court. The appeal raises the narrow but important procedural question whether an amendment of a statement of claim introducing a new cause of action against a subsequently joined defendant dates back to the issue of the writ or merely from the date the latter defendant was joined to