A 94
[Subsidiary]
(Cap. 8.)
(Cap. 336.)
CAP. 4
The Rules of the Supreme Court-Order 25 [1988 Ed.
(2) If when the summons for directions first comes to be heard the Court considers that it is possible to deal then with all the said matters, it shall deal with them forthwith and shall endeavour to secure that all other matters which must or can be dealt with on interlocutory applications and have not already been dealt with are also then dealt with.
(3) If, when the summons for directions first comes to be heard, the Court considers that it is expedient to adjourn the consideration of all or any of the matters which, by the subsequent rules of this Order, are required to be considered on the hearing of the summons, the Court shall deal forthwith with such of those matters as it considers can conveniently be dealt with forthwith and adjourn the consideration of the remaining matters and shall endeavour to secure that all other matters which must or can be dealt with on interlocutory applications and have not already been dealt with are dealt with either then or at a resumed hearing of the summons for directions.
(4) Subject to paragraph (5), and except where the parties agree to the making of an order under Order 33 as to the place or mode of trial before all the matters which, by the subsequent rules of this Order, are required to be considered on the hearing of the summons for directions have been dealt with, no such order shall be made until all those matters have been dealt with.
(5) If, on the summons for directions, an action is ordered to be transferred to the District Court or some other court, paragraph (4) shall not apply and nothing in this Order shall be construed as requiring the Court to make any further order on the summons.
(7) If the hearing of the summons for directions is adjourned without a day being fixed for the resumed hearing thereof, any party may restore it to the list on 2 days' notice to the other parties.
Particular matters for consideration (O. 25, r. 3)
3. On the hearing of the summons for directions the Court shall in particular consider, if necessary of its own motion, whether any order should be made or direction given in the exercise of the powers conferred by any of the following provisions, that is to say...(a) any provision of Part IV and Part V of the Evidence Ordinance (hearsay evidence of fact or opinion in civil proceedings) or of Part III and Part IV of Order 38;
(b) Order 20, rule 5 and Order 38, rules 2 to 7;
(c) section 40 of the District Court Ordinance.
Admissions and agreements to be made (O. 25, r. 4)
4. At the hearing of the summons for directions, the Court shall endeavour to secure that the parties make all admissions and all agreements as to the conduct of the proceedings which ought reasonably to be made by them and may cause the order on the summons to record any admissions or agreements so made.