Principle

CIVIL PROCEDURE – Jurisdiction – Exhaustion of Statutory Remedies – Effect on Court’s Jurisdiction

Area of law: CIVIL PROCEDURE
Court: Supreme Court

Where a statute prescribes a remedy, an aggrieved party must exhaust that remedy before approaching the court. Failure to do so renders the action premature—no cognisable cause of action arises. If the statute grants exclusive jurisdiction to another tribunal or hierarchy, the court's jurisdiction to…

Read the full principle with Sanctum

Sanctum is the key to all NLC content: judgments, principles, statutes, rules and forms. Choose a plan from 1 month to 36 months.

Get Access I’m a member — Log in