(1) No proceedings in the High Court are invalidated by a formal defect or an irregularity unless the Court is of opinion that substantial injustice has been caused by the defect or irregularity and that the injustice cannot be remedied by an order of the Court.
(2) The High Court may, on such conditions (if any) as the Court thinks fit, make an order declaring that a proceeding is not invalid by reason of a defect that it considers to be formal, or by reason of an irregularity.