2.34—(1) The district judge of the registry for the divorce town at which a cause has been set down for trial or, in the case of a cause set down for trial at the Royal Courts of Justice, a district judge of the principal registry may, if it appears to him to be desirable having regard to the proximity of the date of trial or otherwise, exercise in the cause any jurisdiction of the district judge of the registry in which the cause is proceeding.
(2) RSC Order 34, rule 5(3) shall apply, with the necessary modifications, to a defended cause pending in the High Court as it applies to an action begun by writ.