(1) A pre‑trial
conference must be conducted before the clerk, in private.
(2) Anything said or
done by a party for the purpose of attempting to settle a case at a
pre‑trial conference is to be taken to be said or done without prejudice
to any evidence or submission that the party —
(a) has
adduced or made; or
(b) may
subsequently adduce or make,
in or in respect of
the proceedings, and the saying or doing of that thing does not disqualify the
clerk who conducted the pre‑trial conference from later dealing with the
case.