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1988 Ed.] The Rules of the Supreme Court-Order 25

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(d) photographs, a sketch plan and the contents of any police accident report shall be receivable in evidence at the trial and shall be agreed if possible;

(HK)(dd) the record of any proceedings in any court or tribunal shall be receivable in evidence upon production of a copy thereof certified as a true copy by the clerk or other appropriate officer of the court or tribunal;

(f) the action shall be tried by a judge alone, and shall be set down within 3 months;

(g) the Court shall be notified, on setting down, of the estimated length of the trial.

(2) Where paragraph (1)(b) applies to more than one party the reports shall be disclosed by mutual exchange, medical for medical and non-medical for non-medical, within the time provided or as soon thereafter as the reports on each side are available.

(3) Nothing in paragraph (1) shall prevent any party to an action to which this rule applies from applying to the Court for such further or different directions or orders as may, in the circumstances, be appropriate or prevent the making of an order for the transfer of the proceedings to a district court.

(4) For the purpose of this rule—

"a road accident" means an accident on land due to a collision or apprehended collision involving a vehicle; and

"documents relating to special damages" include

(a) documents relating to any industrial injury, industrial disablement or sickness benefit rights, and

(b) where the claim is made under the Fatal Accidents Ordinance, documents relating to any claim for dependency on the deceased.

(5) This rule applies to any action for personal injuries except-

(a) any Admiralty action; and

(b) any action where the pleadings contain an allegation of a negligent act or omission in the course of medical treatment.

Standard direction by consent (O. 25, r. 9)

9. (1) Subject to paragraph (3), where in any action the parties agree, not more than one month after the pleadings are deemed to be closed, that the only directions required are to the mode of trial and the time for setting down, the provisions of rule 8(1)(f) and (g) shall apply and the action shall be tried by a judge alone and shall be set down within 3 months.

[Subsidiary]

(Cap. 22.)