The Faculty Jurisdiction Rules 2015

Matters on which directions may be given

11.2.—(1) Subject to these Rules, directions for the conduct of the proceedings may be given as the court thinks fit.

(2) In particular, directions may relate to—

(a) any of the matters mentioned in rule 1.4(2) (active case management) and rule 18.1 (general powers of case management);

(b) the inspection of any church, other building, article or thing under rule 20.1;

(c) the issues on which the court requires evidence;

(d) the nature of the evidence which it requires to decide those issues;

(e) how any evidence is to be presented;

(f) how parties opponent are to be represented at a hearing where there are a number of parties opponent raising the same or similar issues;

(g) the appointment of expert witnesses (including limiting the number of experts), the exchange of experts’ reports and the identification by them of the matters on which they agree and those on which they disagree;

(h) limiting the number of witnesses to be called on behalf of any party;

(i) the service on the parties and any other persons or bodies as the court thinks fit of any evidence, representations or advice received by the court from the Diocesan Advisory Committee, the Church Buildings Council, Historic England, any national amenity society or the local planning authority.

(3) The court may use its power under this rule to exclude evidence that would otherwise be admissible.