### 549 Pre-trial conferences > At a pre-trial conference before a judge, consideration is to be given to the following matters: > > > > (a) simplifying the issues in the action or other proceeding; > > > > > (b) the necessity or desirability of amending the pleadings; > > > > > (c) obtaining further admissions of fact and of documents to avoid unnecessary proof; > > > > > (d) the availability of witnesses; > > > > > (e) limiting the number of expert witnesses; > > > > > (f) if the action is in tort brought by one of the parties to a marriage against the other during the subsistence of the marriage and an application for a stay has not been made, whether the power to stay the action under [section 7A(2) of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1935-090#GS7A@Gs2@EN) [Married Women's Property Act 1935](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1935-090) ought to be exercised; > > > > > (g) any other matter the judge considers appropriate for the disposing of the action or other proceeding.

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