J-3 - Act respecting administrative justice

Section 126 Disposition versions

1998-04-01

126. The purpose of the pre-hearing conference is

(1)  to define the questions to be dealt with at the hearing;

(2)  to assess the advisability of clarifying and specifying the pretensions of the parties and the conclusions sought;

(3)  to ensure that all documentary evidence is exchanged by the parties;

(4)  to plan the conduct of the proceedings and proof at the hearing;

(5)  to examine the possibility for the parties of admitting certain facts or of proving them by means of sworn statements;

(6)  to examine any other question likely to simplify or accelerate the conduct of the hearing.

1996, c. 54, s. 126.