Rule 24 Appointment for directionI1
England, Wales and Scotland
Where it appears to the Appeal Tribunal that the future conduct of any proceedings would thereby be facilitated, the Tribunal may (either of its own motion or on application) at any stage in the proceedings appoint a date for a meeting for directions as to their future conduct and thereupon the following provisions of this rule shall apply.
The Registrar shall give to every party in the proceedings notice of the date appointed under paragraph (1) of this rule and any party applying for directions shall, if practicable, before that date give to the Appeal Tribunal particulars of any direction for which he asks.
The Registrar shall take such steps as may be practicable to inform every party of any directions applied for by any other party.
On the date appointed under paragraph (1) of this rule, the Appeal Tribunal shall consider every application for directions made by any party and any written representations relating to the application submitted to the Tribunal and shall give such directions as it thinks fit for the purpose of securing the just, expeditious and economical disposal of the proceedings, including, where appropriate, directions in pursuance of rule 36, for the purpose of ensuring that the parties are enabled to avail themselves of opportunities for conciliation.
Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (4) of this rule, the Appeal Tribunal may give such directions as it thinks fit as to —
the amendment of any notice, answer or other document;
the admission of any facts or documents;
the admission in evidence of any documents;
the mode in which evidence is to be given at the hearing;
the consolidation of the proceedings with any other proceedings pending before the Tribunal;
the place and date of the hearing.
An application for further directions or for the variation of any directions already given may be made in accordance with rule 19.
Annotations
Commencement
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Rule 24 in force at 16.12.1993, see rule 1(1)