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This section discusses judicial case conferences, family case conferences, settlement conferences, and to a lesser extent trial management and preparation conferences, including their limitations and their uses, and provides some tips about how you can get the most out of your time and the judge's time at a case conference. | This section discusses judicial case conferences, family case conferences, settlement conferences, and to a lesser extent trial management and preparation conferences, including their limitations and their uses, and provides some tips about how you can get the most out of your time and the judge's time at a case conference. | ||
More information about trial management and preparation conferences can be found later in this section: | |||
*Preparing for and Going to Trial in Supreme Court: [[Preparing for and Going to Trial in Supreme Court#Schedule and attend a trial management conference|Schedule and attend a trial management conference]], and | |||
*Preparing for and Going to Trial in Provincial Court: [[Preparing for and Going to Trial in Provincial Court#Preparing for trial in Provincial Court|Preparing for trial in Provincial Court]]. | |||
==Resolving a court proceeding without a trial is still possible== | ==Resolving a court proceeding without a trial is still possible== | ||
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Parties heading to trial are required to schedule and attend a trial management conference (unless the party has a lawyer in which case the party does not have to attend as long as s/he is available by telephone to speak with their lawyer if instructions are needed during the TMC). The trial management conference is a meeting with a judge or a master to discuss how the trial will proceed and what, if any, additional steps must be taken to ready the parties for trial. | Parties heading to trial are required to schedule and attend a trial management conference (unless the party has a lawyer in which case the party does not have to attend as long as s/he is available by telephone to speak with their lawyer if instructions are needed during the TMC). The trial management conference is a meeting with a judge or a master to discuss how the trial will proceed and what, if any, additional steps must be taken to ready the parties for trial. | ||
More information about trial management conferences can be found later in this section: Preparing for and Going to Trial in Supreme Court: [[Preparing for and Going to Trial in Supreme Court#Schedule and attend a trial management conference|Schedule and attend a trial management conference]]. | |||
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==Provincial Court: Family case conferences== | ==Provincial Court: Family case conferences== | ||
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Parties heading to trial are usually required to attend a trial preparation conference, except if a party has a lawyer in which case the party does not have to attend as long as s/he is available by telephone to speak with their lawyer if instructions are needed during the TPC) . The trial preparation conference is a short court hearing with a judge discuss how the trial will proceed and what, if any, additional steps must be taken to ready the parties for trial. | Parties heading to trial are usually required to attend a trial preparation conference, except if a party has a lawyer in which case the party does not have to attend as long as s/he is available by telephone to speak with their lawyer if instructions are needed during the TPC) . The trial preparation conference is a short court hearing with a judge discuss how the trial will proceed and what, if any, additional steps must be taken to ready the parties for trial. | ||
More information about trial preparation conferences can be found later in this section: Preparing for and Going to Trial in Provincial Court: [[Preparing for and Going to Trial in Provincial Court#Preparing for trial in Provincial Court|Preparing for trial in Provincial Court]]. | |||
==Resources and links== | ==Resources and links== | ||
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{{REVIEWED | reviewer = [[Shannon Aldinger]], June | {{REVIEWED | reviewer = [[Shannon Aldinger]], June 16, 2017}} | ||
{{JP Boyd on Family Law Navbox|type=chapters}} | {{JP Boyd on Family Law Navbox|type=chapters}} |