42.2 Directions for account
--(1) An application for an account must be made at the case management conference.
--(2) The court may-
----(a) direct that any preliminary issue of fact be tried;
----(b) order an account to be taken;
----(c) order inquiries be made; or
----(d) order that any amount shown to be due to a party on the account be paid by a date specified in the order.
----(3) Every direction that an account be taken must be so numbered that each distinct account and inquiry may be designated by that number.
----(4) On directing that an account be taken, or subsequently, the court must direct how it shall be taken or vouched.
----(5) The court may direct that any relevant books of account shall be evidence of the matters contained in them, subject to any objections that any party may take.
Notes
Amended by Legal Notice 233 of 2005.
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