Court COST and CASE MANAGEMENT Hearing, CANNOT Attend the date !!

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This is being asked, on behalf of somebody (personal injury claim) :


For a court case between 2 parties, and the case has been given a date for a 'cost and case management hearing',

Which is a mini/pre-hearing where the claimant and defendant and a judge sit, and discuss
-the direction the case should go
-the costs incurred, present and future
-how the case is managed.


but if, the claimant cannot attend on this date, due to having a severe health issue seen to
on that particular dates, by some specialists (don't want to go into too much detail)

but due to this, the claimant wants this date forwarded, would they allow this ?



Would the judge/county court allow this Cost Case management hearing to be forwarded?

or would they typically carry on with the hearing without the presence of the claimant?

-if do it without them, could they make decisions with the absence of the claimant, which could be risky ? (from the point of view the judge could make decisions, and orders which would disadvantage the claimant, as they were not present,

but if they were present, they could challenge the decisions, orders the judge considers)



Could the county court be notified of this, and change the date forwarded?
or they could carry on without the presence of the claimant?

and if forwarded do the court usually have a busy schedule, to fit in another date near by?



How does the claimant let the court know?
and to request this date to be forwarded, does the claimant have to write in with a letter to the court?

or make an application form (which is downloadable) ??