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2.62—(1) On or after the filing of a notice in Form M11 or M13 an appointment shall be fixed for the hearing of the application by the district judge.
(2) An application for an avoidance of disposition order shall, if practicable, be heard at the same time as any related application for financial relief.
(3) Notice of the appointment, unless given in Form M11 or M13 (as the case may be), shall be given by the proper officer to every party to the application.
(4) At the hearing of an application for ancillary relief the district judge shall, subject to rules 2.64, 2.65 and I 0. I 0 investigate the allegations made in support of and in answer to the application, and may take evidence orally and may at any stage of the proceedings, whether before or during the hearing, order the attendance of any person for the purpose of being examined or cross-examined and order the discovery and production of any document or require further affidavits.
(5) The district judge may at any stage of the proceedings give directions as to the filing and service of pleadings and as to the further conduct of the proceedings.
(6) Where any party to such an application intends on the day appointed for the hearing to apply for directions, he shall file and serve on every other party a notice to that effect.
(7) Any party may apply to the court for an order that any person do attend an appointment (a “production appointment”) before the court and produce any documents to be specified or described in the order, the production of which appears to the court to be necessary for disposing fairly of the application for ancillary relief or for saving costs.
(8) No person shall be compelled by an order under paragraph (7) to produce any document at a production appointment which he could not be compelled to produce at the hearing of the application for ancillary relief.
(9) The court shall permit any person attending a production appointment pursuant to an order under paragraph (7) above to be represented at the appointment.
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