PART 1OVERRIDING OBJECTIVE
Court’s duty to manage cases1.4
1
The court must further the overriding objective by actively managing cases.
2
Active case management includes —
a
encouraging the parties to co-operate with each other in the conduct of the proceedings;
b
identifying the issues at an early stage;
c
deciding promptly which issues need full investigation and trial and accordingly disposing summarily of the others;
d
deciding the order in which issues are to be resolved;
e
encouraging the parties to use an alternative dispute resolution(GL) procedure if the court considers that appropriate and facilitating the use of such procedure;
f
helping the parties to settle the whole or part of the case;
g
fixing timetables or otherwise controlling the progress of the case;
h
considering whether the likely benefits of taking a particular step justify the cost of taking it;
i
dealing with as many aspects of the case as it can on the same occasion;
j
dealing with the case without the parties needing to attend at court;
k
making use of technology; and
l
giving directions to ensure that the trial of a case proceeds quickly and efficiently.