This article was authored by candidate attorney Lucrecia
Sadhaseev and overseen by partner Thethe Mokele.
As South Africa proudly enters into a new decade, the time has
finally come for the judiciary to pioneer and harness the benefits
of digital revolution to improve access to the justice system.
During January 2020, Gauteng Division Judge President Dunstan
Mlambo issued Practice Directive 1 of 2020 ("Practice
Directive") and Practice Directive 2 of 2020
("Practice Directive 2")
("collectively referred to as the
Practice Directives") which introduce the
CaseLines Digital Litigation System
("CaseLines"). CaseLines, essentially,
is an electronic system on which parties may upload court documents
relevant to a particular matter. Once uploaded, the court and the
parties are jointly able to view and refer to such documents in
court during argument. Through CaseLines, litigation is digitally
conducted on an electronic platform.
