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South Africa's labour court goes online for urgent cases

By , ITWeb
Africa , 01 Aug 2024
The court says the platform affords law practitioners and litigants the ease of managing their court appearance diaries and court evidence instantaneously online.
The court says the platform affords law practitioners and litigants the ease of managing their court appearance diaries and court evidence instantaneously online.

In a major change in the South African court system, all urgent applications in the Labour Court will be initiated using the Court Online System beginning August 12, 2024.

Yesterday, Acting Judge President of the Labour Court, Edwin Mogomotsi Molahlehi, announced that the Office of the Chief Justice has established the Court Online System, a comprehensive e-filing solution for South Africa's superior courts.

According to the statement, the online system is designed to allow law firms and litigants in general to electronically file petitions and documents with the courts from anywhere using the internet.

Furthermore, it says the platform makes it easier for lawyers and litigants to manage their court appearance diaries and court evidence online in real time.

The statement reads: “The Acting Judge President of the Labour Court has determined that all urgent applications in the Labour Court will be initiated on Court Online as at the date indicated above. Unless specifically directed or mandated to initiate an existing matter on the Court Online system, no other existing cases may be initiated on Court Online.

“All practitioners/litigants are required to be registered and have and account/profile beforehand on the Court Online system in order to be able to initiate urgent cases and access documents in the Court Online case files.”

Registration is done via the Court Online website, accessible through https://www.courtonline.judiciary.org.za

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