An analysis of the requirements of urgent applications and cost consequences

Abstract

When an applicant requires urgent relief then they instruct an advocate/attorney to lodge an urgent application in court. The onus to justify the urgency of the application lies with the applicant and the requirements of this onus is clearly established in case law, practice directives and the rules of court. This paper makes a recommendation of punitive costs if an application is not ripe enough for urgency before the court. The results of numerous applications before the court that are not ripe enough hinder access to justice and efficacy of the court and escalate costs for the respective parties.

Kada podnosilac zahteva hitnu pomoć upućuje advokatu/punomoćniku zahtev za podnošenje hitne aplikacije sudu. Zadatak opravdanja hitnosti prijave leži na podnosiocu zahteva i teret ovog zahteva je jasno utvrđen u sudskoj praksi, direktivama i pravilima suda. Ovaj rad se bavi kaznenim troškovima ako zahtev nije dovoljno opravdan da bi se smatrao hitnim pred sudom. Rezultati zahteva koji nisu dovoljno opravdani da bi se smatrali hitnim ometaju pristup rešavanju dovoljno hitnih zahteva i efikasnost suda te su iz tog razloga predviđeni kazneni troškovi za takve podnosioce zahteva.