The Government of Lesotho has established a commercial court in an effort to expedite the adjudication of commercial cases. The Central Bank of Lesotho has facilitated the acceleration of the establishment of this court. It is believed that the delay in adjudicating commercial cases will be avoided, and thus promote sound financial intermediation.

• Commercial Court
It will be recalled that the Government of Lesotho established the Commercial Court in an effort to expedite the hearing of commercial cases and thus promote financial intermediation. However, despite the high numbers of pending commercial cases, the Court is under-utilised. As a measure to enhance the performance of the Commercial Court, the High Court of Lesotho and CBL jointly secured funding for a six-day Trial Advocacy Course for commercial lawyers. The course was held and the resource persons were drawn from the Black Lawyers Association in the Republic of South Africa while participants were from the Government, private sector and non-governmental organisations. The purpose of the course was to assist commercial lawyers with a better understanding of the rules and procedures of the Commercial Court. It is hoped that, as a result of this training, the operations of the Court will be accelerated and delays in adjudicating commercial cases will be avoided.