You and your ex-partner will be asked in turn to sit in the witness box, including any witnesses. The Fact Finding Hearing (FFH) is essentially a trial. Overall, the PTR hearing allows the court and the parties (you and your ex-partner) to be aware of the types of evidence the Fact Finding Hearing will address and the number of hours/days that the fact finding hearing will need. As such, you must be able to explain why you are requesting the judge to accept your evidence. At this hearing, the judge will decide whether or not to accept your request. For example, this could include witnesses, police reports, text messages. The court will also consider various evidence that you feel is important for the Fact-Finding Hearing. The Scott Schedule is set out in a table format. Once the number of diputes/allegations is confirmed, the court will ask the parties to record this in a document called a Scott Schedule. For example, if a number of incidents involving physical abuse are made, then such allegations will be recorded under the category of physical abuse with each incident noted. The court will or the parties (you and your ex-partner) will try to gather similar allegations under one category. Ordinarily, this is done by way of a witness statement, which is followed by a Scott Schedule. This means that the court/judge will ask you or your ex-partner to set out your allegations. The PTR is a short hearing designed to allow you and your ex-partner to ask the court to identify the number of issues in dispute (called allegations). Pre-Trial Review (PTR) & Fact Finding Hearing

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