Applications After The First Case Management Conference Hearings

Applications after the first case management conference Hearings in relation to the Technology and Construction Court

[rtbs name=”technology-and-construction-court”]Arbitration applications may be heard in private: see Civil Procedure Rules 62.10. All other applications will be heard in public in accordance with Civil Procedure Rules 39.2, save where otherwise ordered. Provided that the application bundle and the skeletons have been lodged in accordance with the time limits set out above, the parties can assume that the Technology and Construction Court will have a good understanding of the points in issue. However, the Technology and Construction Court will expect to be taken to particular documents relied on by the parties and will also expect to be addressed on any important legal principles that arise. It is important that the parties ensure that every application is dealt with in the estimated time period. Since many applications are dealt with on Fridays, it causes major disruption if application hearings are not disposed of within the estimated period. If the parties take too long in making their submissions, the application may be adjourned, part heard, and the Technology and Construction Court may impose appropriate costs sanctions. At the conclusion of the hearing, unless the Technology and Construction Court itself draws up the order, it will direct the applicant to do so within a specified period.