Rule 14-8. Certifying That Pleadings Are Closed

(a) A case may be scheduled for trial at any time by order of the court. When the pleadings are closed on the issue or issues in the case as to all parties, an accurate certificate of closed pleadings shall be filed within ten days. Any party may file the certificate. Upon the filing of the certificate of closed pleadings, the case shall be scheduled for a trial as soon as the court's docket permits if it has not already been scheduled for a trial.

(b) If the case is claimed as privileged, the ground of privilege as defined in Section 14-9 shall be stated. If the privilege claimed arises from some other statute or rule giving a matter precedence for trial, the applicable provisions shall be cited with specificity.

(c) An administrative appeal may be placed on the administrative appeal trial list at the direction of the judicial authority, pursuant to Section 147A or 14-7B or in accordance with subsections

(a) and (b) of this section.

(d) This section shall not apply to summary process matters.

Committee Notes

(P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 258.) (Amended June 14, 2013, to