Do you need to bring a court bundle to a directions hearing?

[BLESS]

is it even necessary? i have a directions hearing and wondered what paperwork to bring along, if any at all.. hopefully someone who has turned up to one one these things can shed some light..

bless

[Calculator]

Which court is your directions hearing in? Is it Mercantile? If so see the thread 'Directions Hearing Leeds' held on 7 Feb 2007. It's a large thread, so home in on page 14 onwards to start with. The directions hearing was a means to an end, about 94 out of the 99 cases listed were settled in the days before the hearing and the remaining 5 settled at the hearing or just after. I assume the judiciary fully expected that to be the way it was going to go - there was no way that they could have dealt with 99 cases in the half day hearing. All that was required before the hearing was the case management information (CMI) sheet (filed with the Court and served on the defendant). I think those who prepared a Court bundle wasted their time, buy I can't say categorically that that would be the case in respect of every mercantile directions hearing.
If yours is Mercantile, have you seen the thread 'Sticky: Mercantile Court Guide' and my post on that thread - it takes you to CPR 59 Mercantile Courts and from there you can get into the Practice Directions for CPR 59 which explains what is needed and when.

[dunnie1]

You don't need to submit one, but its useful to refer to if asked questions by the judge. So if you've prepared one, take it along, if not - don't worry, print off the standard bundle and take that along. I refered a few points of law within it.