Reference for trial
27 Reference for trial
In any civil proceeding, except where the jurisdiction of the
Court is exercisable only by the Full Court:
if all the parties interested who are not under disability consent;
if the proceeding requires any prolonged examination of documents, or any scientific or local investigation, which cannot, in the opinion of the Court, conveniently be made before a jury or conducted by the Court; or
if the question in dispute consists wholly or in part of matters of account,
the Court may at any time order so much of the proceeding, or of any question or issue of fact arising therein, as in the opinion of the
Court is proper, to be tried before an Associate Judge or before a referee agreed on by the parties or, in the absence of agreement, appointed by the Court.
Except where the jurisdiction of the Court is exercisable only by the Full Court, the Court may at any time order that an assessment of damages be tried before an Associate Judge.
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