(3) Application by any party for such order shall be by motion on notice stating the question or issue sought to be
tried.
7. If it appears to the Court, that the decision of any question or issues arising in a cause or matter and tried
separately from the cause or matter substantially disposes of the cause or matter or renders the trial of the cause
or matter unnecessary, it may dismiss the cause or matter or make such other order or give such judgment therein
as may be just.
8. The provisions of this Order shall be subject to these Rules and any written law in force in the Federal Capital
Territory, Abuja, regarding transfer of cases.
Order 36
Applications and Proceedings in Chambers
1. The business which may be disposed of in chambers by a Judge shall consist of the following matters, in
addition to the matters which under any other rule or any written law may be disposed of in chambers that is to
say(a) application(i) to serve a writ or other process out of the jurisdiction,
(ii) for substituted service of a writ or other process,
(iii) to have cases heard during vacations,
(iv) for enlargement of time,
(v) for a writ of attachment or for a garnishee order,
(vi) for payment or transfer to any person of any cash or securities standing to his credit in a cause or matter
where there has been a judgment or order declaring the rights or where the title depends only upon proof of the
identity of the birth, marriage or death of any person,
(vii) as to the guardianship and maintenance or advancement of infants,
(viii) connected with the management of property;
(b) any matter relating to the adoption of children; and
(c) such other matters of an interlocutory nature as the Judge may think fit to dispose of in chambers.
2. The provisions of Order 8 of these Rules with regard to interlocutory application by way of motion in Court
shall apply mutatis mutandis to applications to a Judge in chambers.
3. Any order or direction made or given by a Judge in chambers shall have the same effect as if that order or
direction had been made or given in Court.
Order 37
Trial Proceedings in General
Setting Down for Hearing
1. The plaintiff shall within thirty days of the close of pleadings apply to the registrar for the case to be set down
for trial.
2. The application shall be in writing and contain the following information-