27.
(1) Any party may, at the trial of a cause, matter or issue use in evidence any one or more of the
answers or any part of an answer of the opposite party to interrogatories without putting in the
others or the whole of such answer.
(2)
In such case the Judge may look at the whole of the answers, and if he is of opinion that any of
them is so connected with those put in that those put in ought not to be used without them, he
may direct them to be put in.
Discovery against sheriff.
28.
In any action against or by a sheriff in respect of any matter connected with the execution of his
office, the Court or a Judge in Chambers may, on the application of any party, order that the
affidavit to be made in answer either to interrogatories or to an order for discovery shall be
made by the officer actually concerned.
Order to apply to infants.
29.
This order shall apply to infant plaintiffs and defendants, and to their next friends and guardians
and litem.
Power to revoke order made.
30. Any order made under the provisions of this order (including an order made on appeal) may,
on sufficient cause being shown, be revoked or varied by a subsequent order or direction of the
Court or a Judge in Chambers made or given at or before trial.
ORDER 44
ACCOUNTS AND INQUIRIES
Summary order for account.
1.
(1) where a writ is endorsed with a claim for an account or a claim which necessarily involves taking
an account, the plaintiff may, at any time, after the defendant has entered an appearance or after the
time limited for appearing, apply for an order for an account under this rule.
(2)
An application under this rule shall be made by summons and supported by affidavit or other
evidence filed on a plaintiff's behalf, stating concisely the grounds of his claim to an account.
(3)
On the hearing of the application, the Court may, unless satisfied by the defendant, by affidavit or
otherwise, that there is some preliminary question to be tried, order that an account be taken and
may also order that any amount certified on taking the account to be due to either party be paid to him
within a time specified in the order.
Court may direct taking of accounts, etc.
2.
(1) The court may, on application made by summon at any stage of proceedings in a cause or
matter, direct any necessary accounts or inquiries to be taken or made.
(2)
Every direction for the taking of an account or the making of an inquiry shall be numbered in the
Judgment or order so that, as far as may be, each distinct account and inquiry may be designed by a
number.