Read the full judgment text of HCA 002167/2005 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 18 October 2006.
1. This is an appeal from an order made by the Registrar in which he gave leave to the defendant to amend its defence by adding a counterclaim under the provisions of O.20 r.5 and O.18 r.9 of RHC. O.20 r.5 gives the court power to allow a party to amend its pleadings “on such terms as to costs or otherwise as may be just and in such manner (if any) as it may direct”. O.18 r.9 states that “a party may in any pleading plead any matter which has arisen at any time, whether before or since the iss