Part 1General rules of procedure in civil

Chapter 1 General rules of procedure in civil Order 1 Preliminary matters 1.01A Citation ............................................................................................ 1 1.01 Definitions ........................................................................................ 1 1.02 Application ....................................................................................... 1 1.03 Jurisdiction not affected ................................................................... 3 1.04 Proceedings in another Court .......................................................... 3 1.05 Judgment in pending proceeding..................................................... 3 1.06 Payment into Court .......................................................................... 4 1.07 Amendment ..................................................................................... 4 1.08 Costs ............................................................................................... 5 1.09 Interpretation ................................................................................... 5 1.09A Direction that Registrar may exercise Master's jurisdiction.............. 7 1.10 Exercise of power ............................................................................ 8 1.11 Procedure wanting or in doubt ......................................................... 8 1.12 Act by corporation............................................................................ 8 1.13 Corporation a party .......................................................................... 9 1.14 Power to act by solicitor ................................................................... 9 1.15 Signature of solicitor ........................................................................ 9 Order 1A Overarching purpose of Chapter and pre- action conduct 1A.01 Overarching purpose of Chapter ..................................................... 9 1A.02 Duty of parties ............................................................................... 10

Supreme Court Rules 1987 ii 1A.03 Application of Part ......................................................................... 10 1A.04 Objectives of Part .......................................................................... 10 1A.05 Parties to follow reasonable procedure to avoid litigation .............. 10 1A.06 Letter of claim ................................................................................ 11 1A.07 Acknowledgement of letter of claim ............................................... 12 1A.08 Response to letter of claim ............................................................ 12 1A.09 Provision of essential documents .................................................. 13 1A.10 Consideration of alternative method of dispute resolution ............. 13 1A.11 Consequences of non-compliance with Part.................................. 13 1A.12 Use of documents disclosed .......................................................... 14 2.01 Effect of non-compliance ............................................................... 14 2.02 Originating process ........................................................................ 14 2.03 Application to set aside for irregularity ........................................... 15 2.04 Dispensing with compliance .......................................................... 15 Order 3 Time, vacations and Court office 3.01 Calculating time ............................................................................. 15 3.02 Extension and abridgement ........................................................... 15 3.03 Fixing time ..................................................................................... 16 3.04 Process in vacation ....................................................................... 16 3.05 Proceedings after a year ............................................................... 16 3.06 Vacations ....................................................................................... 16