(1) Unless the Supreme Court otherwise orders, these rules apply to an existing proceeding.
(2) If a difficulty arises in the application of subrule (1) to a particular proceeding, the court may make any order it considers appropriate to resolve the difficulty.
(3) The court may make an order under this rule on application by a party or on its own initiative.
Note Pt 6.2 (Applications in proceedings) applies to an application for an order under this rule.
(4) In this rule:
"existing proceeding" means a proceeding started in the Supreme Court, but not completed, before 1 July 2006.
Note See sch 4 (Scale of costs), r 4.12 (2) for transitional provisions in relation to costs.