Victorian Consolidated Regulations Victorian Consolidated Regulations(1) Where a date for the trial of a proceeding has been fixed or the proceeding has otherwise been entered into a list for trial, the Court may direct, or the Prothonotary may give notice, that the parties and their solicitors or counsel attend before a person named in the notice for the purpose of a pre-trial conference.
Rule 48.07(2) amended by S.R. No. 32/2018 rule 6(a).
(2) At the time and place designated for the pre-trial conference or at any stage of the pre-trial conference the person conducting the pre-trial conference may, if it appears to that person to be necessary or desirable, refer the proceeding to an Associate Judge or a judicial registrar.
Rule 48.07(3) amended by S.R. No. 32/2018 rule 6(b).
(3) Upon a reference under paragraph (2), the Associate Judge or judicial registrar may make any order or give any direction—
(a) to ensure that a party or the party's solicitor or counsel attend before a nominated person for the purpose of the pre-trial conference;
(b) to ensure that the proceeding is ready for trial.
(4) Except as all the parties who attend the conference agree in writing, no evidence shall be admitted of anything said or done by any person at the conference.
(5) The agreement may be made at the conference or
later.