Regulation 7

Unless otherwise provided for in these Rules, every application to the Court must be made either by originating application or, in an application which is pending before the Court, by summons.

No oral arguments are to be made in an interlocutory application to the Court, unless the Court otherwise orders.

The respondent must, if the respondent wishes to file an affidavit in reply to the application, file and serve that affidavit on the applicant within 14 days after the date the application and the affidavit in support of the application (if any) are served on the respondent.

No further affidavits may be filed without the permission of the Court.

Unless the Court otherwise directs, the applicant and the respondent must file and serve written submissions (if any) as well as any bundle of authorities within 14 days after the date on which the respondent’s affidavit in reply is to be filed and served.

The written submissions for the application are subject to a page limit of 35 pages, unless the Court otherwise orders.

The Court may allow the page limit mentioned in paragraph (6) to be exceeded —

The Court may upon application waive, refund, defer or apportion the payment of the fees mentioned in paragraph (7)(b).

There must not be more than one set of submissions for each party or set of parties represented by the same firm of solicitors, unless the Court otherwise orders.

The concluding paragraphs of the written submissions must include —