Supreme Court Rules 2000

The Associate Judge sitting in chambers or in court may exercise all of the powers of the court, including the exercise of inherent jurisdiction, which may be exercised by a single judge sitting in chambers or by a single judge sitting in court without a jury, except for the hearing and determination of the following:appeals, other than a review of a taxation of costs by an officer of the Court; an application for relief similar to certiorari, mandamus or prohibition; an application for an order of review under the Judicial Review Act 2000; proceedings for the declaration of a public right; proceedings to determine a question of construction, arising under a statute, regulation, letters patent, by-law or other written instrument of a public nature made by the Crown or a public or local authority, and a declaration of the rights of persons interested under that instrument; proceedings under section 27J of the Commercial Arbitration Act 2011; proceedings for admission to the legal profession, other than by an application made in accordance with the mutual recognition principle; proceedings to require a practitioner to answer an affidavit; proceedings to strike a practitioner off the roll or to suspend or otherwise discipline a practitioner; proceedings to disbar or otherwise discipline a barrister; subject to subrule (2), other proceedings commenced under rule 88 or 89.

The Associate Judge may hear and determine proceedings referred to in subrule (1)(k) if – the parties consent or a judge so orders; or the hearing is consequent upon the entry of an interlocutory judgment under rule 348 following a failure to appear to a writ.