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UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 2005 - REG 20.24 Proceedings on the report

UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 2005 - REG 20.24

Proceedings on the report

20.24 Proceedings on the report

(cf SCR Part 72, rule 13)

(1) If a report is made under rule 20.23, the court may on a matter of fact or law, or both, do any of the following--
(a) it may adopt, vary or reject the report in whole or in part,
(b) it may require an explanation by way of report from the referee,
(c) it may, on any ground, remit for further consideration by the referee the whole or any part of the matter referred for a further report,
(d) it may decide any matter on the evidence taken before the referee, with or without additional evidence,
and must, in any event, give such judgment or make such order as the court thinks fit.
(2) Evidence additional to the evidence taken before the referee may not be adduced before the court except by leave of the court.