The Civil Procedure Rules 1998 No. 3132 (L. 17)

PART 29 E+W THE MULTI-TRACK

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 29 excluded (7.10.2001) by The Railway Administration Order Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/3352), rules 1.1, 6.33(2)

Setting a trial timetable and fixing or confirming the trial date or week E+W

29.8  As soon as practicable after—

(a) each party has filed a completed [F1 pre-trial check list];

(b) the court has held a listing hearing under rule 29.6(3); or

(c) the court has held a pre-trial review under rule 29.7,

the court will—

(i) set a timetable for the trial unless a timetable has already been fixed, or the court considers that it would be inappropriate to do so;

(ii) fix the date for the trial or the week within which the trial is to begin (or, if it has already done so, confirm that date); and

(iii) notify the parties of the trial timetable (where one is fixed under this rule) and the date or trial period.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in rule 29.8(a) substituted (2.12.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2002 (S.I. 2002/2058), rules 1(b), 8

Commencement Information

I1 Rule 29.8 in force at 26.4.1999, see Signature