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PRACTICE DIRECTION # SC 2002-1
(CASE MANAGEMENT)
By order of the Chief Justice and with the concurrence of the Judges of
the Supreme Court, the following Practice Direction is hereby issued to take
effect immediately:
1. The Rules Committee of the Supreme Court has today approved new Rules
(the “CPR”) governing the procedure to be followed in civil matters in the
Supreme Court. The CPR will come into effect on January 1, 2003.
2. Pursuant to the transitional and other provisions of the CPR (in
particular, Part 73) all trial dates scheduled for April 7, 2003 or later
will be vacated.
3. As a further transitional measure, and in order to ensure that matters
which have already been filed retain their priority, in all pending matters
where:
a) the pleadings have been closed;
b) a trial date prior to April 7, 2003 has not been fixed (or if one had
been fixed, the trial has been adjourned sine die); and
c) the Parties consent,
one of the parties may apply between now and December 31, 2002, for a
Case Management Conference to be held in accordance with the provisions of
Parts 25, 26 & 27of the CPR.
4. Copies of Parts 25, 26 & 27 of the CPR can be obtained from the
Supreme Court Registry or from the Supreme Court Website at
www.sc.gov.jm
September 16, 2002
Registrar
The following links are to PDF formatted versions
of the above mention parts of the CPR. You will need Adobe Reader to view
these files. Adobe Reader can be downloaded free of cost from
Parts 27&73
Parts 25&26
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