Exception An exception is an interlocutory application procedure. Interlocutory applications are dealt with in the chapter ‘Applications’. Exception can only be taken to a pleading. The purpose is to obtain a speedy and inexpensive decision on a question of law of whether the pleading contains the necessary allegations of fact […]
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Exception and application to strike out – Magistrates’ Court – Magistrates’ Court Rule 19 If a pleading is vague and embarrassing, or lacks averments which are necessary to sustain an action or defence, the opposing party may, within the period allowed for filing any subsequent pleading, deliver an exception thereto. […]
Exception and application to strike out – High Court – Uniform Rule of Court 23 If a pleading is vague and embarrassing, or lacks averments which are necessary to sustain an action or defence, the opposing party may, within the period allowed for filing any subsequent pleading, deliver an exception […]