{"content":[{"text":"(issued on 11 June 2021) in as far as it relates to Civil Trials in both High Courts of the \n Gauteng Division.","bbox":{"left":0.14284,"top":0.069854,"width":0.77431,"height":0.043633000000000005}},{"text":"2.","bbox":{"left":0.09524,"top":0.14384,"width":0.015440999999999996,"height":0.018955}},{"text":"These directives set out how, and under what conditions, matters are to be issued and \n how all matters enrolled and pending in the Gauteng Divisions shall be handled and \n attended to during the continuing national state of disaster declared in terms of the \n Disaster Management Act 2002, Act No 57 of 2002. The Directives shall apply until they \n are either withdrawn, amended or superseded by other directives. Covid-19 related \n restrictions in movement and gatherings remain and prudent behaviour to minimise \n exposure to infection, informs the policy choices made in these directives.","bbox":{"left":0.14284,"top":0.14384,"width":0.774441,"height":0.166882}},{"text":"3.","bbox":{"left":0.09524,"top":0.341111,"width":0.015440999999999996,"height":0.018955}},{"text":"Where timeframes for submission of notices/legal process and roll closure differ from \n those in the Practice Manual or existing Practice Directives, the time frames in this \n Directive are imposed for practicality and shall prevail for the duration of the national \n state of disaster.","bbox":{"left":0.14284,"top":0.341111,"width":0.7737670000000001,"height":0.09291900000000003}},{"text":"4.","bbox":{"left":0.09524,"top":0.464383,"width":0.015844999999999998,"height":0.018955}},{"text":"The general principle to be observed is that physical proximity and contact among \n persons be eliminated or minimized. To this end:","bbox":{"left":0.14284,"top":0.464383,"width":0.774139,"height":0.04360999999999993}},{"text":"4.1","bbox":{"left":0.14284,"top":0.53837,"width":0.023576000000000014,"height":0.018955000000000055}},{"text":"In accordance with the practice in the High Courts of the Gauteng Division, \n pursuant to Directive no. 1 of 2020 (the CaseLines Directive) all pleadings and \n documents must be uploaded in all matters to the CaseLines digital platform, \n save for Full Bench and Full Court Appeals in which the electronic transcript or \n record is not available.","bbox":{"left":0.214435,"top":0.53837,"width":0.7029829999999999,"height":0.11743100000000006}},{"text":"4.2","bbox":{"left":0.14284,"top":0.686154,"width":0.026757000000000003,"height":0.018954999999999944}},{"text":"It is the responsibility of litigants and their legal representatives to comply with \n the practices of the Division and that includes the duty to upload papers on the \n electronic case file on CaseLines as provided in the CaseLines Directive. Where \n that has not been done and a satisfactory explanation can be proffered to the \n Judge, the failure to upload may be condoned. However, the basic principle is \n that the particular hearing must be an effective one and the Judge seized with \n the matter shall exercise a discretion as to whether or not that objective can be \n achieved where the papers are not uploaded.","bbox":{"left":0.214435,"top":0.686154,"width":0.702928,"height":0.19157199999999996}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.686971,"top":0.926464,"width":0.310609,"height":0.063845}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.686971,"top":0.926464,"width":0.310609,"height":0.063845}]}