(1) Without limiting Rule 50.07(1), at any stage of a proceeding a judicial registrar may, with or without the consent of any party—
(a) of the judicial registrar's own motion; or
(b) on the reference of a Judge or an associate judge—
order that the proceeding or any part of the proceeding be mediated by a judicial registrar.
(2) If a judicial registrar undertakes a mediation, the judicial registrar may give any direction with respect to the conduct of the mediation that the judicial registrar thinks fit.
(3) Except so far as the judicial registrar otherwise orders, an order for mediation under this Rule shall not operate as a stay of the proceeding.
Rule 50.07.2 inserted by S.R. No. 158/2021 rule 14.