Rule 44 of The Employment and Labour Relations Court (Procedure) Rules: Urgent applications

(1) All matters brought under certificate of urgency shall be filed before noon and placed before
the Court on the same day, but those filed after noon, shall be placed before the Court on the
next working day, unless the Court otherwise directs.
(2) The urgency must be self-evident in the certificate of urgency, or in the grounds on the face
of the application.
(3) The Court shall have discretion on whether to hear parties orally at the ex parte stage or to
proceed to consider and issue orders or directions as appropriate.
(4) The orders or directions issued by the Court shall be published by the Registrar or
electronically in the e-filing portal on the day the application is considered.
(5) The Registrar shall facilitate the expeditious extraction of orders relating to urgent
applications and the applicant may prepare the draft order for approval and issuance by the
Registrar as appropriate.