sec.501Court may refer question to referee

### sec.501 Court may refer question to referee The court may, at any stage of a proceeding, make an order referring a question in the proceeding to a referee to— conduct an inquiry into the question; and prepare a report (the referee’s report ) to the court on the question. However, the court may not make an order under subrule (1) in relation to a question that is required to be tried by a jury. An order under subrule (1) — must appoint a person as the referee for the question; and must state the question for the referee; and must require the referee to decide the question or give the referee’s opinion on the question; and may direct the referee to give further information in the referee’s report as the court considers appropriate. In this rule— question means a question— whether of fact or law, or both; and whether identified by the court or raised by pleadings, agreement of the parties or otherwise. r 501 sub 2019 SL No. 135 s 5 (sec.501-ssec.1) The court may, at any stage of a proceeding, make an order referring a question in the proceeding to a referee to— conduct an inquiry into the question; and prepare a report (the referee’s report ) to the court on the question. (sec.501-ssec.2) However, the court may not make an order under subrule (1) in relation to a question that is required to be tried by a jury. (sec.501-ssec.3) An order under subrule (1) — must appoint a person as the referee for the question; and must state the question for the referee; and must require the referee to decide the question or give the referee’s opinion on the question; and may direct the referee to give further information in the referee’s report as the court considers appropriate. (sec.501-ssec.4) In this rule— question means a question— whether of fact or law, or both; and whether identified by the court or raised by pleadings, agreement of the parties or otherwise. - (a) conduct an inquiry into the question; and - (b) prepare a report (the referee’s report ) to the court on the question. - (a) must appoint a person as the referee for the question; and - (b) must state the question for the referee; and - (c) must require the referee to decide the question or give the referee’s opinion on the question; and - (d) may direct the referee to give further information in the referee’s report as the court considers appropriate. - (a) whether of fact or law, or both; and - (b) whether identified by the court or raised by pleadings, agreement of the parties or otherwise.