The Rules Board for Courts of Law has called for input by 10 October 2025 on draft amendments to the Magistrates’ Courts rules dealing with notices calling for pleadings-related documents and/or tape recordings, along with similar provisions in the uniform rules for courts.
According to a letter from the Board quoted in a notice published on the Department of Justice & Constitutional Development website, the changes envisaged seek to ensure that ‘the time period within which to furnish a plea or any other pleading is not interrupted whilst a response is awaited from a plaintiff to whom a notice in terms of the rules has been delivered’.
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