PRACTICE MANUAL OF THE SOUTH GAUTENG HIGH COURT
CHAPTER NINE: MOTION COURT
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9.4 PAGINATION
- The applicant must paginate the notice of motion, founding affidavit and
annexures thereto and the replying affidavit, if any, and annexures thereto,
prior to serving the documents on the other party.
- The respondent must likewise paginate the answering affidavit and annexures
thereto prior to serving the documents on the other party.
- The respondent must commence pagination of the answering affidavit and
annexures thereto by utilising the next chronological number following the
last such number utilised by the applicant. The applicant must commence pagination
of the replying affidavit and annexures thereto by utilising the next chronological
number following the last such number utilised by the respondent.
- Where there are multiple respondents represented by different attorneys
each such respondent is released from the obligation referred to in paragraphs
2 and 3 above. In that event the obligation to paginate all the affidavits
is on the applicant.
- Additional documents generated during the application (eg. returns of
service, reports, etc.) must be indexed, paginated and placed in an "Additional
Documents Bundle."
- Notwithstanding paragraphs 2 and 3 above, the applicant must ensure that
prior to the hearing of the application it is properly paginated. In the
event that the respondent failed to comply with para 2 above, the applicant
may seek a punitive cost order against the respondent in respect of the pagination
of the answering affidavit and annexures.
- As is apparent from paragraph 1 above, this practice is applicable to
opposed and unopposed applications.
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