Appellant sued respondents for trespass and an injunction. At the end of proceedings. The trial judge ordered parties to send written addresses to him and adjourned the case for judgment. Only the defence counsel sent a written address to the judge, no copy of it was served on the plaintiff's counsel.

Delivering judg¬ment, the trial judge reviewed the facts and dwelt at length on the submissions contained in defence counsel's written address, which submissions he agreed with and dismissed the plaintiff's claims.

The plaintiffs ap¬peal to the Court of Appeal was dismissed and he further appealed to the Supreme Court.