Section 43, The Commercial and Admiralty Court Rules, 2020

(1) Where a trial has commenced it shall, as far aspracticable, be continued from day to day and where an adjournment is granted by the Court it shall not exceed a period of 72 hours. (2) The Court may grant an adjournment provided that - (a) no adjournment shall be granted at the request of the party, or parties except where the circumstances are beyond the control of the party; (b) the fact that the counsel of a party is engaged in another Court shall not be grounds foradjournment unless that counsel is appearing before a superior Court; (c) where the illness of a counsel or his inability to conduct the case for any reason other than his being engaged in another Court is put forward as a ground for adjournment, the Court shall not grant adjournment unless it is satisfied that the party applying for adjournment could not have engaged another legal practitioner in time; and (d) in the event of an adjournment at the instance of the Court, the reasons for the adjournment shall be recorded and the Court shall endeavour to fix the hearing date within the shortest possible time.