PD-2008-01 - Practice Direction No 1 of 2008 - Register of Judgements Register of Writs (SL 26 of 2008)

8 December, 2008.

PRACTICE DIRECTION NO. 1/2008 (GCR O.1,r.12)

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PRACTICE DIRECTION NO. 1/2008 (GCR O.1,r.12)

REGISTER OF JUDGEMENTS REGISTER OF WRITS (GCR O.63, rr. 7 & 8)

The Register of Judgements and the Register of Writs and other originating process are open to public inspection. The purpose of this rule is that the existence of all legal proceedings, including the identity of the parties and the general nature of the causes of action, and the manner in which the Court finally adjudicated upon those proceedings should be a matter of public record. It is therefore important that the information filed on these registers is both complete and accurate. The Clerk of the Court has been instructed to ensure that all final judgements and orders are placed on the Register, including default judgements and consent orders in respect of which there are no written reasons. Whenever a writ, petition, originating summons and originating motion is amended, the amended pleading must also be placed on the Register, otherwise readers are likely to be mislead about the identity of the parties and/or the true nature of the causes of action. For the same reason, counterclaims and third party notices are required to be placed on the Register. The Clerk of the Court has been instructed to ensure that all pleadings by which new causes of action and/or new parties are or may be added, are placed on the Register, including amended pleadings, counterclaims and third party notices.

Dated this 31st day of October 2008

The Hon. Anthony Smellie, QC, Chief Justice