[F1PART 59E+W [F2CIRCUIT COMMERCIAL COURTS]

Case managementE+W

59.11(1) All [F3Circuit Commercial claims] are treated as being allocated to the multi-track, and Part 26 does not apply.

(2) The following parts only of Part 29 apply—

(a)rule 29.3(2) (appropriate legal representative to attend case management conferences and pre-trial reviews); and

(b)rule 29.5 (variation of case management timetable) with the exception of rule 29.5(1)(c).

(3) As soon as practicable the court will hold a case management conference which must be fixed in accordance with [F4Practice Direction 59].

(4) At the case management conference or at any hearing at which the parties are represented the court may give such directions for the management of the case as it considers appropriate.]