There is no requirement that a Claim, Defence or Originating Application be served by the Sheriff. The costs of service by the Sheriff will not usually be recoverable in the action. There are other simpler ways to serve the document. Please see Rules 41 to 43 of the Uniform Civil Rules 2020 for more information on service. [...]
Per Rule 37.1(4) (4) "Each page of an affidavit or statutory declaration must be dated and signed at the foot by the deponent and attesting witness." If the affidavit is 12 pages the first exhibit is to be page 13 and so on.
Use one Form 14 Exhibit front sheet to Affidavit or Statutory Declaration to certify all your exhibits.
Yes, from 26 November 2018 payment of Probate fees will only be accepted by credit card. CourtSA accepts VISA and MasterCard but not AMEX.
You do not have to pay to use CourtSA. There is a fee for lodging court documents.
The integrity of the system and confidentiality of data is paramount. The CAA has put in place industry standard cyber security mechanisms to limit potential abuse of the system.
Accounts are temporarily locked as a security measure to discourage unauthorised access. For example, accounts are locked after 5 unsuccessful attempts to log in. The security measure requires you to wait 6 hours before you can attempt logging into your account again. You can also reset your password after waiting the mandatory 6 hours.
Yes. If you reset the password while someone else is working in CourtSA, all of their work will potentially be lost. All users of the account should be informed before resetting a password so that their work can be completed or saved. All users should log out after they have finished the task they are [...]
At the moment, it is not possible to register a second email address. In such circumstances we suggest creating email rules in your firm so that notifications which are sent to a particular practitioner can be forwarded automatically to your desired recipients.
Yes, multiple Authorised Users can be logged in at the same time to access CourtSA, lodge applications, make payments and perform actions on cases.