| (1) | Any party may, at any stage of the proceedings in a case, file a written request for the allocation of the case to a judge. |
| (2) | The President may allocate a case to a judge— |
| (a) | at the request of any party; or |
| (b) | of his or her own accord, |
as soon as such an allocation becomes desirable. The judge to whom the case is allocated is the presiding judge in that case.
| (3) | Nothing in these rules will prevent— |
| (a) | the President from re-allocating any case to a different judge; or |
| (b) | any judge other than the presiding judge from making orders or giving directions in a case. |
| (4) | The presiding judge in a case is responsible for guiding the case to an expeditious, economic and effective disposal. |
