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Recommendation 58: Where a party cannot secure the agreement of all the
other parties for a time extension relating to a non-milestone event, a court
should have power to grant such extension only if sufficient grounds are shown
and provided that any extension granted does not involve or necessitate
changing the trial date or trial period. It should be made clear in a practice
direction that where an extension is granted, it is likely to involve an immediate
"unless order" specifying a suitable sanction.
Recommendation 59: A court should have power, on the application of the
parties or of its own motion, to give further directions and to vary any aspect of
the timetable, including its milestone dates, but it should be made clear in a
practice direction that a court would only contemplate changing a milestone
date in the most exceptional circumstances.
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