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This document contains a guide through the course using a combination of reliable sources: Fundamental Principles of Civil Procedure 4th Ed, lectures (Stellenbosch University), case summaries, practical tips and explanations, and journal articles.

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Civil Procedure
371 Notes
Compiled in 2021 by Mari Louw. Do Not Distribute.


MARIA MAGDALENA Louw

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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................5

History of civil procedural law in SA..........................................................................................6

Traditional Courts Bill:............................................................................................................6

General historical overview of development of law in SA post-1652.....................................7

Third big development: our Constitution.................................................................................8

Principles underlying the law of civil procedure and access to justice:.....................................13

Sources of Civil Procedure.........................................................................................................13

Different mechanisms of civil procedure...................................................................................14

Electronic court online system...................................................................................................15

Hierarchy of SA courts and stare decisis:..................................................................................16

Officers of the court...................................................................................................................22

Consultation, legal representation, demand and prescription........................................................25

Consultation...............................................................................................................................25

Representation............................................................................................................................27

Representation of juristic persons:.........................................................................................28

Notice of: withdrawal and appointment.................................................................................29

Action and application proceedings...........................................................................................30

Demand or statutory notice........................................................................................................30

Prescription.................................................................................................................................32

Mediation:.................................................................................................................................36

Jurisdiction:....................................................................................................................................38

General formula:........................................................................................................................40

High Court jurisdiction:.............................................................................................................42

Three ratio jurisdictionis (common law grounds):.................................................................46

Types of claims:.....................................................................................................................47

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Domicile and residence..........................................................................................................50

Concurrent jurisdiction...........................................................................................................69

Jurisdiction for the purposes of counterclaims.......................................................................70

the causae continentia doctrine:.............................................................................................70

Removal of a matter to another court:....................................................................................71

Magistrate’s Court Jurisdiction:.................................................................................................72

S29 claim value for actions:...................................................................................................73

Other claims ito S30, S31, S32:.............................................................................................76

S38 and S39: abandonment and deduction............................................................................77

S45: consent...........................................................................................................................78

S46: claims beyond MC jurisdiction:.....................................................................................79

S28: linking claim to an area:.................................................................................................82

Final issues: calculation of monetary claims..........................................................................84

The parties and citations.................................................................................................................86

Locus standi................................................................................................................................86

A) Direct and substantial interest: requirements....................................................................86

B) exceptions to capacity to litigate:......................................................................................86

S38 Constitutional standing to enforce rights:.......................................................................92

Citations...................................................................................................................................101

Service of process........................................................................................................................102

Service methods in terms of court rules...................................................................................104

Usual service methods: High Court.....................................................................................104

Substituted service................................................................................................................106

Applications.................................................................................................................................109

Application procedures............................................................................................................109

3 types of application procedures.............................................................................................111

Ex parte/ unilateral applications...........................................................................................111

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Bilateral................................................................................................................................114

Interlocutory/ interim...........................................................................................................120

decision: application or action procedures?.............................................................................120

Resolving a dispute of fact:..................................................................................................121

Room Hire v Jeppe Street Mansions 1949 (T):....................................................................122

Practical notes on drafting:...........................................................................................................124

Affidavits..................................................................................................................................124

Founding affidavit................................................................................................................125

Answering affidavit..............................................................................................................125

Replying affidavit.................................................................................................................126

Confirmatory affidavits........................................................................................................127

Action procedure..........................................................................................................................128

1) Pleading stage......................................................................................................................129

Purpose of pleadings stage...................................................................................................130

Rules and formalities: HCR18.............................................................................................130

2) Pre-trial phase......................................................................................................................132

3) Trial stage.............................................................................................................................132

4) Judgment stage.....................................................................................................................132

Shortcut judgments...............................................................................................................132

Summons, particulars of claim and declaration.......................................................................148

Summons..............................................................................................................................148

Particulars of claim and declaration.....................................................................................154

Summary diagrams and relevant legislation for reference.......................................................155

MCR 6: rules relating to pleadings generally.......................................................................156

HCR 18: rules relating to pleadings generally.....................................................................159

Defective processes and non-compliance with court rules:.....................................................160

Amendment of pleadings.............................................................................................................176

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