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High Court grants an order, in the interests of justice, providing leave to amend title of proceedings to substitute the correct name of the plaintiff, on the grounds that the clerical error of the plaintiff in failing to input the word 'Resolution' into the plaintiff's name on the pleadings was made in the process of writing down the name on the pleadings, and was not an error which arose from a mistaken belief or wrong information such that it should be prevented from making the amendment.
Application to correct clerical error in name of plaintiff in proceedings - Order 63 rule 1(15) RSC - Order 28 rule 12 RSC - whether sufficient affidavit evidence to prove a clerical error arose - time at which error arose - reference to name of plaintiff in pleadings and correspondence - incorrect information or lack of knowledge - burden of proof - evidence indicates current name of plaintiff is an unknown entity - error did not arise due to mistaken belief or wrong information - error arose by virtue of writing down name - interests of justice - order granting leave to amend title.
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