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The Tribunal has provisions for expediting the hearing of a claim where the plaintiff is gravely ill.
This usually involves a plaintiff receiving a prognosis from a specialist that he or she does not have long to live. An application can be made for an urgent hearing to consider if the Tribunal can remove a matter from the Claims Resolution Process to take the plaintiff’s evidence at a bedside hearing.
Advice to Practitioners No. 1 of 2019 outlines the steps involved in making an urgent approach to a judge.
Other provisions include:
A statement of claim can be filed outside normal registry hours by email or fax where needed. Details are outlined in Advice to Practitioners No 2 of 2013.
A party to proceedings in the Tribunal can make use of the Video Courtroom to enable a witness to give evidence from another location via video link. Usually a request to use the Video Courtroom should be made to a Judge at a Directions Hearing no later than 7 days before the Judgment. However, in urgent cases, the Tribunal may shorten the time.
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