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AI summary
The High Court considered an application to strike out the Road Accident Fund’s defence because it had not complied with an earlier order to arrange a pre-trial conference within 10 days. The court said the Fund had sent proposed dates late and to the wrong email address at first, but had corrected this before the hearing.
This may be relevant to litigation matters involving non-compliance with court orders and costs orders.
Evidence from source
the respondent only emailed proposed dates on 18 May 2026, and that the email was sent to an incorrect email address.
Supports: Summary sentence 2: the Fund first sent proposed dates late and to the wrong email address.
Accordingly, the following order is made: 1. The matter is removed from the roll. 2. The respondent must pay the costs of this application on the attorney-and-client scale.
Supports: The outcome included removal from the roll and an attorney-and-client costs order.