RE: Tomorrow court hearing23 Mar 2018 05:49
So as they mentioned in the email response this is a follow up directions meeting... we should have more details on the case as they would have been to mediation and discussed what they both want and made agreement on this. See below..... What is a directions hearing?
A directions hearing is a short court appearance where orders are made about what should happen next in a case.
If your case is in court for the first time, this is called a 'first directions hearing'. Usually at the first directions hearing the judge will make sure all the parties know a case has been started, and order that the parties go to mediation.
If your case has been in court at least once before, any other directions hearings will be called 'further directions hearings'. A further directions hearing usually happens after your case has been to mediation. A further directions hearing might also be listed if one party hasn't followed orders made by the court at a previous directions hearing.
What should I do to prepare?
You might want to contact the employer (or their representative if they have one) and talk about what the next step should be. If you both agree what should happen, you can prepare 'short minutes of orders' to hand up in court. Short minutes of orders are court orders that list the things the parties need to do before the case is next back in court.
Short minutes of order might include orders about:
1) arranging mediation
2) finalising the case if an agreement was reached at mediation
3) The parties filing and serving pleadings (more details about their case) on each other
4) the parties filing and serving evidence on each other
5) the date of any further directions hearings
6) the date of a hearing.
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