SI 2024-081 High Court (Amendment) Rules , 2024

IT is hereby notified that the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, in terms of section 56 of the High Court Act [Chapter 7:06], has approved the following rules of court made by the Chief Justice and the Judge President:—1. These rules may be cited as the High Court (Amendment) Rules, 2024 (No. 2). 2. The High Court (Amendment) Rules, 2023 (No. 1), published in Statutory Instrument 153 of 2023, are repealed. 3. The High Court Rules, 2021, published in Statutory Instrument 202 of 2021 (hereinafter called the principal rules), are amended in rule 2 (“Interpretation”) by inserting the following definitions— ““address or address for service” means the physical address or electronic address or where that is the only known address, the postal address; “copy”, in relation to a document, means one or more facsimiles of an original document unless that document is filed or served electronically; “date of filing” means the date on which any pleading envisaged by these rules is lodged with and accepted by the Registrar; “deliver or serve” means to either physically or electronically file a pleading or record with the Registrar and immediately thereafter, serve a copy on the other party by physical means or electronically; “e-filing centre” means a designated court station in any district at which gadgets, internet service andtechnical expert assistance are provided at no cost to access the IECMS platform, electronically file a document(s) and participate in a virtual hearing; “filing” includes electronic filing; “hearing” means court proceedings conducted in person, and includes court proceedings conducted by audiovisual means in which the court or Judge, court staff,

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