Covid-19 accelerates the courts’ electronic case management system
The introduction of the CaseLines platform in January could not have come at a better time
Covid-19 has affected the functioning of the courts in SA. While they are an essential service and are operating during the lockdown, their operations are severely constrained by regulations and directions issued by the justice minister and various divisions of the courts.
Lockdown directives issued by the Gauteng division of the high court have meant that only urgent matters, and those motion court matters already enrolled for hearing, have been dealt with by the courts. As SA moves from level 4 to level 3, the courts are likely to issue further directives to permit the issuing and hearing of new processes...
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