Effective Date: 2011/03/01
Updated Date: 2025/02/12
Number: AN - 8
This Administrative Notice sets out the circumstances in which a pre-hearing conference must be held for registrars’ matters, how to schedule a pre-hearing conference, and the materials that should be provided in advance of a pre-hearing conference.
The purpose of a pre-hearing conference is to assist in defining the issues that may be before the registrar and to make directions (as appropriate) in respect of: (a) the production of documents; (b) oral examinations for discovery; (c) service of notices to admit; (d) service of experts’ reports; (e) service of witness lists; (f) any other matter that may assist in the just and efficient determination of the issues (see Rule 23-6(5) of the Supreme Court Civil Rules and Rule 22-7(5) of the Supreme Court Family Rules).
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