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Duty of courts to grant necessary amendments in the interest of justice

Effect of an amendment

Effect of failure to amend the writ of summons and statement of claim within the stipulated time

Effect of failure to comply with the rules governing amendment

Effect of failure to file an amendment after leave to do so has been obtained

Effect of filing amended court processes outside the time limited by the court

Effect of not formulating the proposed amendments

Meaning of an amendment

Need for the court to hear parties before granting an amendment of a court process

Principles governing amendment of court processes

The aim of amendment

The essence of amendment of court processes

The principle that an amendment dates back to when the document amended was filed

What courts must consider before granting an amendment of the name on a court process

What the question of whether leave to amend should be given or refused depends on

When an amendment takes effect

When an amendment will not be granted

When the court can exercise its power to grant an amendment

Whether a court has power to amend processes suo motu and the principles that should guide the court

Whether a court which granted an amendment can revisit same

Whether a fundamentally defective document can be cured by an amendment

Whether amendment can be granted after judgment

Whether an amendment can be granted for the purpose of defeating an objection to a process that is pending before the court

Whether an amendment can be made to bring the application for interlocutory injunction forward as if it was filed together with the application for interim injunction

Whether an amendment changing the date of filing any of two motions and ipso facto the order in which the motions were filed can be made as a matter of course

Whether an amendment will be granted where the writ and statement of claim disclose no cause of action

Whether an amendment will not be granted simply because it introduces a new cause of action

Whether an applicant has to show the error or defect in the court process sought to be cured by the amendment

Whether an incompetent process can be amended

Whether a party is at liberty to amend its processes including the originating process at any stage of proceedings before judgment

Whether courts have the power to amend the writ of summons to reflect the correct name or capacity in which the plaintiff is suing

Whether failure to file an amended writ and the frontloaded process along with an amended statement of claim renders the processes before the court incompetent

Whether it can be too late to amend court processes

Whether leave to amend will be granted where it will cause a complete departure from earlier pleadings

Whether the court can amend the title of a suit to permit an agent maintain an action in his own name

Whether the court can order the amendment of any document in the proceedings with a view to correcting a defect or an error

Whether the court can set a time limit to grant an amendment

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