On 18/05/2013,
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3.
—(1) On the hearing of the summons for directions, the Court shall consider the appropriate orders or directions that should be made to simplify and to expedite the proceedings and particularly —
(a)
the period within which the parties have to exchange affidavits of the evidence-in-chief of all witnesses named in the summons for directions who may give evidence at the trial;
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(b)
whether the number of witnesses shall be limited to those specified in the order and whether the evidence-in-chief of the witnesses specified be each limited to a single affidavit;
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(c)
the mode in which the evidence-in-chief shall be given by any witness from whom a party is unable on sufficient cause being shown to obtain an affidavit of that witness’s evidence-in-chief and the manner in which the said evidence shall be disclosed to the other parties prior to the trial;
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(d)
whether an order should be made limiting the number of expert witnesses;
(e)
whether the evidence-in-chief of each expert witness should be set out in a single affidavit;
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(f)
whether any direction should be made for a discussion between the experts prior to the exchange of their affidavits exhibiting their reports for the purpose of requiring them to identify the issues in the proceedings and where possible, reach agreement on an issue, and if such a direction should be made, whether —
(i)
to specify the issues which the experts are to discuss; and
(ii)
to direct the experts to prepare a joint statement indicating the agreed issues, the issues not agreed and a summary of the reasons for any non-agreement;
(g)
the period within which objections to the contents of the affidavit or other evidence of a witness must be taken; and
(h)
whether any orders should be made pursuant to Order 20, Rule 5, Order 38, Rules 2 to 7, Order 40A, Rules 1 to 4 and Order 70, Rule 25(3).
(2) Where any party fails to comply with the Court’s directions for the filing and exchange of affidavits, an application may be made by summons at any time after the default for an order to enter judgment or to dismiss the action, as the case may be, or for such other order as to costs or otherwise that the Court thinks just in the circumstances.
(3) Within 7 days after the parties have exchanged affidavits of the evidence-in-chief of all witnesses named in the summons for directions who may give evidence at the trial, the plaintiff shall file a certificate in Form 45A, signed by all parties to the action or their solicitors, to the effect that all affidavits of the evidence-in-chief of witnesses ordered or required to be exchanged pursuant to this Order have been so exchanged.
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