7000Transitional—existing proceedings in Supreme Court on

7000 Transitional—existing proceedings in Supreme Court on (1) Unless the Supreme Court otherwise orders, these rules apply to an existing proceeding. (2) If a difficulty arises in the application of subrule (1) to a particular proceeding, the court may make any order it considers appropriate to resolve the difficulty. or on its own initiative. existing proceeding means a proceeding started in the Supreme Court, but not completed, before 1 July 2006. Note See sch 4 (Scale of costs), r 4.12 (2) for transitional provisions in relation to costs.