South Africa: Rules and Practice Notes of Superior Courts

REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA REPUBLIEK VAN SUID-AFRIKA

OFFICE OF THE HONOURABLE ACTING JUSTICE NOKO HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA, GAUTENG DIVISION, PRETORIA

Pretoria High Court Building, c/o Madiba & Paul Kruger Streets,

Room 8.10, 8th Floor Tel: (012) 315-7582 E-mail: JHefer@judiciary.org.za

DIRECTIVE FOR CIVIL TRIAL SETTLEMENT ROLLS BEFORE NOKO AJ

6-10 MARCH 2023

1.         Kindly take note that matters will be dealt with in open court commencing at 10:00 each day. Please verify the court venue on the day roll.

2.         Matters will be called in order of seniority and once counsel is on his/her feet, he/she may call all matters on the roll in which he/she is appearing.

3.         All the papers should have been filed in accordance with Chapter 9 of the Revised Directive 1 of 2021 issued on 1 June 2021 before the Registrar sent the rolls out to the Judge.

4.         A draft order in Word format, reflecting the Judge’s surname, the relevant date and the correct case particulars, should be uploaded by 10:00 one court day before the hearing i.e. in matters enrolled for hearing on Monday 6 March 2023 the draft order should be uploaded by Friday 3 March 2023 at 10:00.

5.         Draft orders should contain a disclaimer, indicating the date of hearing, Judge’s names (i.e. Noko AJ), manner of hearing (i.e. Open Court) and the name and details of Counsel/Practitioner and those of the instructing attorney.

DISCLAIMER: This Order is made an Order of Court by the Judge whose name is reflected hereon, duly stamped by the Registrar of the Court and is submitted electronically to the parties or their legal representatives by e-mail. This Order is further uploaded to the electronic file of this matter on Case Lines by the Judge or his/her Secretary/Registrar. The date of this Order is deemed to be MARCH 2023.

6.         Please refrain from sending draft orders by e-mail. Draft orders should only be uploaded to CaseLines.

7.         Counsel are requested to bring one hard copy of the draft order to hand up to Court.

8.         If there is non-compliance with the practice directive, the matter will be struck from the roll, unless good cause is shown for non-compliance.

9.         Removals and postponements should be communicated by e-mail to Ms. Hefer at JHefer@judiciary.org.za.

All granted orders will be electronically endorsed on CaseLines and uploaded to CaseLines by Ms. Hefer.

ACTING JUDGE NOKO

2 March 2023