SCHEDULE Agricultural Land Tribunals Rules

PART 3 Preliminary procedures

11 Directions
(1) At any stage of the proceedings the Chairman may, either of his own initiative or on the application of a party, give the directions he considers necessary or desirable in the conduct of the application, and may in particular—
(a) direct any party to provide, to the Tribunal and to the other parties, any further information or supplementary statements or to produce any documents or copies of any documents which may reasonably be required;
(b) where a party has access to information which is not reasonably available to the other party, direct the party who has access to the information to prepare and file a summary recording the information;
(c) direct a party who wishes to rely on the evidence of any witness to deliver a signed statement or report of that witness to the Secretary and to the other parties;
(d) give a direction as to—
(i) the issues on which the Tribunal may require evidence;
(ii) the nature of that evidence; and
(iii) the way in which the evidence is to be placed before the Tribunal;
(e) by direction exclude evidence that would otherwise be admissible if the evidence is irrelevant, unnecessary or improperly obtained;
(f) by direction limit cross-examination;
(g) direct any party to lodge before the hearing an outline argument; or
(h) give any direction necessary in the exercise of any of powers conferred by these Rules.
(2) It is a condition of the supply of any document that a party must only use the document supplied for the purposes of the proceedings.
(3) A party cannot be directed to produce any document which a party could not be compelled to produce on the trial of an action in a court of law.
(4) In giving effect to this rule, the Chairman must take into account the need to protect any matter that relates to confidential material.