The main purposes of these rules are—
(a) to ensure that when the court performs a function under an Act, including applying these rules, the court—(i) facilitates the just and quick resolution of the issues in a proceeding; and(ii) avoids undue delay, expense and technicality in a proceeding; and
(b) to ensure that a party to a proceeding undertakes to the court and to each other party to the proceeding to—(i) participate in the proceeding in an expeditious way; and(ii) comply with these rules and any order or direction made by the court in relation to the proceeding.