The New Pretrial Compliance Tool
The OJCC has new procedural rules , which became effective November 10, 2014. The current resource is the PDF document that this link accesses. The IT team is currently working on an HTML version of the rules that will be readable from the website itself. One change of note is the new parameter for timeliness with the pretrial compliance questionnaire. Rule 60Q6.113(1). The Claimant or Claimant's counsel is supposed to complete the Claimant's portion of the questionnaire and forward it to the defense fourteen (14) calendar days prior to the scheduled pretrial hearing. The defense is supposed to complete their portion and forward the questionnaire back no later than seven (7) days prior to the pretrial hearing. The timing should afford both sides the opportunity to make the pretrial questionnaire an effective tool for shepherding the case to trial. The OJCC has deployed a new tool to assist with the process. It is a pretrial compliance questionnaire form that can be...