Order 11, rule 7 of Civil Procedure Rules : Trial Conference
(1) At least thirty days before the hearing date of the suit a Trial Conference shall be convened by the court for the following purposes—
(a) planning of trial time;
(b) exploring the most expeditious way to introduce evidence and define issues;
(c) granting leave to amend pleadings within a specific period not exceeding fourteen days;
(d) ordering the admission of statements without the calling of the makers as witnesses where appropriate and the production of any copy of a statement where the original is unavailable;
(e) ordering the giving of evidence on the basis of affidavit evidence;
(f) ordering for the examination of any witness by the issue of Commission outside court and for the admission of any such examination as evidence in court;
(g) making appropriate orders relating to experts reports including their exchange and admissibility at the trial;
(h) making appropriate orders concerning the receiving in evidence of any exhibit; and
(i) making a referral order for alternative dispute resolution.
(2) It shall be the duty of every party and or his advocate to strictly comply with the provisions of rule 3(2) and to give such information as the judge may require, including but not limited to the number of the witnesses expected to be called and the nature of their evidence, to enable the court to consider and settle the length of time which will probably be required for the hearing of the suit.
(3) Any party or his advocate who wilfully fails or omits to comply with the provisions of this Order shall be deemed to have violated the overriding objective as stipulated in Section 1A and 1B of the Act and the court may order costs against the defaulting party unless for reasons to be recorded, the court orders otherwise.
(4) At the conclusion of the Trial Conference—
(a) parties or their advocates shall sign a memorandum as prescribed in
Appendix E hereto setting out the results of the conference; and
(b) The court may make such order or orders as it considers necessary with respect to the conduct of the suit.
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