Hankinson & De Vries & Ors

In *Hankinson & De Vries & Ors*, heard before Kent J, the applicant sought a declaration against the respondents. The proceedings involved an application to remove the Second and Third Respondents as parties.

The primary legal issue before the court was whether the Second and Third Respondents should be removed as parties to the proceedings. Ancillary to this, the court was required to determine the appropriate procedural steps for the remaining parties to particularise their claims and defences.

Kent J ordered the removal of the Second and Third Respondents as parties. The court further directed the applicant to file and serve points of claim within fourteen days, detailing the factual basis for the declaration sought in her amended initiating application. The First Respondent was then required to file and serve points of defence within a further fourteen days. The costs of this application were reserved to the trial judge.