# The Civil Procedure Rules 1998, Rule 29.8: Setting a trial timetable and ... confirming the trial date or week

Extent: E+W

As soon as practicable after—
(a) each party has filed a completed 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) confirm the date for trial or the week within which the trial is to begin; and
(iii) notify the parties of the trial timetable (where one is fixed under this rule) and the date or trial period.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/29.8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-29.8
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