Application to strike out An application to strike out is also an interlocutory application procedure. Interlocutory applications are dealt with in the chapter ‘Applications’. This application is aimed at individual allegations or paragraphs of the pleading while an exception is aimed at the whole claim or defence. The purpose of […]
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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 […]