(1) The court, having regard to the main purpose of these Rules, may make any order about the conduct of the trial, including an order:
(a) related to:

(i)

the issues on which the court requires evidence;

(ii)

the nature of the evidence required to decide the issues;

(iii)

the number of witnesses a party may call on a particular issue;

(iv)

how the evidence is to be adduced;

(v)

excluding inadmissible evidence; and

(vi)

the time to be taken for evidence in chief, cross-examination or re-examination of a witness and submissions;

(b)

requiring submissions to be made in a specified way;

(c)

limiting the duration of an oral submission, or of the length of a written submission or affidavit;

(d)

limiting the time for presentation of a party's case; and

(e)

determining the duration of the trial.

(2) The court must not make an order under subrule (1) that detracts from:

(a)

the attainment of justice;

(b)

each party's entitlement to a fair and just hearing; or

(c)

each party being given a reasonable opportunity to adduce evidence, cross-examine and re-examine witnesses, and to address the court.