8. Where the Registrar is of the view that the parties to an action in respect of a tort under section 4 of the Act are unable to resolve their dispute in the action without a trial, the Registrar is to —
(a)
fix the case for hearing before a tribunal; and
(b)
give notice in the relevant Form of the time and place of the hearing to the plaintiff and the respondent.
Application for special direction under section 6(1) of Act
9.—(1) An application for a special direction under section 6(1) of the Act must be made by filing the relevant Form and be accompanied by the following supporting materials:
(a)
a copy of the disobeyed order which is the subject of the application;
(b)
any supporting evidence to prove the matters stated in the application.
(2) The applicant must, within 14 days after the date on which the application and the supporting materials are filed, serve the application and the supporting materials on the contravening party.
(3) The applicant must file a declaration of service in the relevant Form within 8 days after the date on which the application and the supporting materials are served on the contravening party.
(4) A contravening party who intends to contest the application must, within 14 days after being served with the application and the supporting materials, file and serve on the applicant —
(a)
a reply in the relevant Form; and
(b)
any supporting evidence to prove the matters stated in the reply.
(5) Except with the leave of the tribunal, no other document or evidence may be filed or served for the purposes of the application.
Application for person to enter into bond under section 6(3) of Act
10.—(1) An applicant who applies under section 6(1) of the Act for a special direction (called in this rule the first application) may at the same time or on a later date apply, in the relevant Form, for an order under section 6(3) of the Act that a person (called in this rule the respondent) enter into a bond to ensure that a contravening party complies with the special direction (called in this rule the second application).
(2) The second application must be accompanied by any supporting evidence to prove the matters stated in that application.
(3) The second application and supporting evidence must be served on the respondent —
(a)
in any case where the second application is filed at the same time as the first application, together with the first application; or
(b)
in any other case, within 14 days after the date on which the second application is filed.
(4) The applicant must file a declaration of service in the relevant Form within 8 days after the date on which the application and the supporting evidence are served on the respondent.
(5) A respondent who intends to contest the second application must, within 14 days after being served with the second application and the supporting evidence, file and serve on the applicant —
(a)
a reply in the relevant Form; and
(b)
any supporting evidence to prove the matters stated in the reply.
(6) Except with the leave of the tribunal, no other document or evidence may be filed or served for the purposes of the second application.
(7) Where the respondent fails to attend the hearing of the second application, the tribunal may adjourn the hearing of that application and issue a subpoena in the relevant Form to compel the respondent to attend the adjourned hearing.
Application for exclusion order under section 9(1) of Act
11.—(1) An application for an exclusion order under section 9(1) of the Act must be made by filing the relevant Form and be accompanied by the following supporting materials:
(a)
a copy of the special direction which is the subject of the application;
(b)
any supporting evidence to prove the matters stated in the application.
(2) The applicant must, within 14 days after the date on which the application and the supporting materials are filed, serve the application and the supporting materials on the contravening party.
(3) The applicant must file a declaration of service in the relevant Form within 8 days after the date on which the application and the supporting materials are served on the contravening party.
(4) A contravening party who intends to contest the application must, within 14 days after being served with the application and the supporting materials, file and serve on the applicant —
(a)
a reply in the relevant Form; and
(b)
any supporting evidence to prove the matters stated in the reply.
(5) Except with the leave of the tribunal, no other document or evidence may be filed or served for the purposes of the application.
Proceedings before tribunal
12. Despite anything in the Rules of Court (Cap. 322, R 5), proceedings before a tribunal are to be conducted in an informal manner, and a tribunal may, in such proceedings —
(a)
give such directions for the proceedings as the tribunal thinks fit;
(b)
conduct the proceedings in such manner as the tribunal thinks fit;
(c)
enquire into any matter which the tribunal may consider relevant to the proceedings (whether or not such matter has been raised by a party); and
(d)
where any party does not appear at a hearing in the proceedings, proceed with the hearing in the absence of that party and make such orders as the tribunal thinks fit.
Directions for and conduct of proceedings
13.—(1) The directions which a tribunal may give under rule 12 include directions on one or more of the following matters:
(a)
the giving of evidence orally or by written statement;
(b)
the time limited for giving oral testimony;
(c)
the calling of a witness to give evidence with a view to assisting in the resolution or disposal of the application, whether or not any party will be calling that witness to give evidence for that party;
(d)
the time limited for oral arguments;
(e)
the length of any written submissions;
(f)
subject to section 62A of the Evidence Act (Cap. 97), the giving of evidence through a live video or live television link;
(g)
subject to any written law or rule of law restricting the disclosure, or relating to the confidentiality, of any document or information —
(i)
the disclosure of any document or information;
(ii)
whether any document or information should be treated as confidential; and
(iii)
whether any party to the proceedings may inspect any document.
(2) The tribunal may, where it considers it necessary for the just, expeditious or economical disposal of any cause or matter —
(a)
order that a person specified by the tribunal be called as a witness;
(b)
give directions for —
(i)
the filing of a written report by the specified person; and
(ii)
the examination and cross‑examination of the specified person; and
(c)
determine —
(i)
the sum to be paid to the specified person for each day during which that person is required to be present before the tribunal judge;
(ii)
who is to pay that sum; and
(iii)
if the tribunal orders 2 or more persons to pay that sum, how that sum is to be apportioned between those persons.