i am another one of those listed for "directions hearing", along with 62 others in front of Roger Kaye QC at Leeds CC on 7 Feb. the letter says;

no later than 7 days prior to that hearing a completed Case Management Information Sheet in accordance with CPR 59 should be filed with the court.

i have just been to the courthouse and the staff told me that my best bet was the internet. i think it means this http://www.dca.gov.uk/civil/procrule.../pd59_cmis.pdf

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Case Management Information Sheet - Mercantile Courts
[Title of Case]
This information sheet must be filed with Mercantile Listing at least 7 days before the Case
Management Conference, and copies served on all other parties: see paragraph 7.7 of the
Mercantile Courts Practice Direction.
Party filing:
Solicitors:
Advocate(s) for trial:
Date:
Substance of case
1. What in about 20 words maximum is the case about?
Please provide a separate concise list of issues in a complex case.
Parties
2. Are all parties still effective?
3. Do you intend to add any further party?
Statements of case
4. Do you intend to amend your statement of case?
5. Do you require any “further information” - see CPR 18?
Disclosure
6. By what date can you give standard disclosure?
7. Do you contend that to search for any type of document falling within CPR 31.6(b) would be
unreasonable within CPR 31.7(2); if so, what type and on what grounds?
8. Is any specific disclosure required - CPR 31.12?
9. Is a full disclosure order appropriate?
10. By what dates could you give:
(i) any specific disclosure referred to at 8; and
(ii) full disclosure?
Admissions
11. Can you make any additional admissions?
Preliminary issues
12. Are any issues suitable for trial as preliminary issues? If yes, which?
Witnesses of fact
13. On how many witnesses of fact do you intend to rely at the trial (subject to the court’s
direction)?
14. Please name them, or explain why you do not.
15. Which of them will be called to give oral evidence?
16. When can you serve their witness statements?
17. Will any require an interpreter?
Expert evidence
18. Are there issues requiring expert evidence?
19. If yes, what issues?
20. Might a single joint expert be suitable on any issues (see CPR 35.7)?
21. What experts do you intend (subject to the court’s direction) to call? Please give the number,
their names and expertise.
22. By what date can you serve signed expert reports?
23. Should there be meetings of experts of like disciplines, of all disciplines? By when?
24. Which experts, if any, do you intend not to call at the trial?
25. Will any require an interpreter?
Trial
26. What are the advocates’ present estimates of the length of the trial?
27. What is the earliest date that you think the case can be ready for trial?
28. Where should the trial be held?
29. Is a Pre-Trial Review advisable?
A.D.R.
30. Might some form of Alternative Dispute Resolution assist to resolve the dispute or some
part of it?
31. Has this been considered with the client?
32. Has this been considered with the other parties?
33. Do you want the case to be stayed pending A.D.R. or other means of settlement - CPR 26.4;
or any other directions relating to A.D.R.?
Other applications
34. What applications, if any, not covered above, will you be making at the conference?
Costs
35. What, do you estimate, are your costs to date?
36. What, do you estimate, will be your costs to end of trial?
[signatureicon of party/solicitor]

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i take it that i just fill it in and file it with them? anyone else been listed for this? any advice?

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