Order 4 — Indorsement of Claim and of Addresses
Rule 1 Indorsement.
An originating process shall contain the claim, the relief or remedy sought and the full name and address of the plaintiff.
Rule 2 Indorsement as to representative capacity.
Where a plaintiff sues, or a defendant issued in a representative capacity, the originating process shall state that capacity.
Rule 3 What is endorsed where claim is liquidated.
Where the claim is for a debt or liquidated demand, the originating process shall state:
(a) the amount claimed for in respect of the demand with cost; and
(b) that the defendant may pay the amount with cost to the plaintiff’s legal practitioner within the time allowed for appearance and that upon such payment the proceedings shall terminate.
Rule 4 Ordinary account.
In any case where a plaintiff in the first instance desires to have an account taken, the originating process shall state it.
Rule 5 Indorsement of address by plaintiff or by legal practitioner.
(1) Where a plaintiff is suing in person the originating process shall state:
(a) the plaintiff’s residential or business address as the plaintiff’s address for service;
(b) the plaintiff’s mobile telephone number and e-mail address where available; and
(c) an address within the jurisdiction of the Court, supplied by the plaintiff as his address for service, where the plaintiff lives and carries on business outside the judicial division of the Court.
(2) Where a plaintiff sues through a legal practitioner, the legal practitioner shall state on the originating process:
(a) his chambers’ address as the address for service;
(b) his mobile telephone number and e-mail address where available; and
(c) a chambers address within the jurisdiction of the Court as his address for service where he is based outside the Judicial Division of the Court.
Rule 6 Originating process with no address.
Where the originating process does not state an address for service, it shall not be accepted.
Rule 7 Address for Service unidentifiable or vague.
Where the address for service is unidentifiable or vague, the party filing the process shall act as a pointer to the process server.