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LITIGATION IN IN IN THE LAND CLAIMS COURT TRAINING MANUAL LITIGATION IN IN IN THE LAND CLAIMS COURT TRAINING MANUAL 36 When it comes to setting the the the matter down for hearing there is no difference between the the the application and action The presiding judge will at the request of of any party and may of of his or or her own accord determine a a a a a a a a date time and venue venue or or or venues for the the the hearing of of a a a a a a a a case case if he he he he he he or or or she is is of of the the the opinion that the the the case case is is sufficiently advanced to make the determination of a a a a a a a a a hearing date appropriate 19
37 A notice of of set down containing the the time date and venue venue or venues of of any hearing must be delivered by the the applicant or or or plaintiff within ten days of of being informed (at the the the conference or or or by the the the Registrar) of of the the the date 38 The presiding judge may of of of his or or or or or her own accord or or or or or at the the request of of of any party before or or or or or during the the hearing of of of any case convene one or or more pre-trial conferences of the the participating parties to promote the the expeditious economic and effective disposal of the the case A conference conference may take place over the the telephone by conference conference call if the presiding judge so directs 20 The conferences shall shall only be requested where necessary It shall shall not be used to to enforce compliance with the the LCC Rules or or or to to ask for for the the directions on on matters in respect of which the the Act and the the Rules are clear 21
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Rule Rule 55 of of the the Rules of of the the Land Claims
Court 20 Rule Rule 30 of of the the Rules of of the the Land Claims
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