JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
By an application dated 18th May, 2007 filed by the appellants in the superior court, the appellants sought that the two defences filed by the respondent, dated 19th February, 2007 and 7th March, 2007, be struck out and judgment be entered for the appellants. Essentially, the grounds relied upon by the appellants were that the Civil Procedure Act and Rules do not allow the filing of two defences in one matter; that doing so is an abuse of the process; that, in any event, the first defence was not served within the required seven days as per Order 6 rule 1 (2) of the Civil Procedure Rules and that the defences are scandalous, frivolous or vexatious and may embarrass or delay the fair trial of the case.
The superior court (Azangalala, J) declined to issue the orders sought. Aggrieved by that decision, the appellants preferred this appeal citing 21 needlessly long and repetitive grounds of appeal. The main thrust of those grounds is that the superior court was wrong i…