PRACTICE MANUAL OF THE SOUTH GAUTENG HIGH COURT

Practice Manual of the South Gauteng High Court
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CHAPTER THREE: COURT RECESS

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1. The Judge President determines the duration of recess duty which the judges of the division must perform during recess. The Judge President further directs in which courts the judges who are on duty, sit.
2.1 Subject to 2.2 below, only unopposed motion court matters, unopposed divorce actions, opposed rule 43 applications without complexity, urgent applications and bail appeals will be heard during recess.
2.2 Save for urgent applications no matters at all may be enrolled for hearing from 25 December to 2 January of each year.
3. Subject to any direction by the Judge President or the Deputy Judge President, the senior judge on duty from time to time during the recess, allocates other matters requiring determination during recess to the other judges on duty.
4. During recess automatic reviews are distributed equally amongst the judges on duty, except that the judges sitting in motion court will not be allocated reviews on Monday or Tuesday of the week and the judge sitting in the urgent court will not be allocated reviews during the entire week.

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