When a hearing date is set, how must each party be notified of it?
General information · Not legal advice
Material to check
In the mediation file, we look for the attendance summons served on each party, the proof of service showing when and on whom it was served, and any record of the other contact used, such as a letter, telephone note or message, since the provision asks for both.
These are types of material to look for, not evidence already verified by PRO SE.
Where readings differ
One reading takes both paragraphs together: the parties must be notified of the attendance date, and that notice is made by serving an attendance summons and also by some other appropriate means, so the two routes stand side by side rather than one replacing the other.
Another reading notes that the provision says the notice is made 'in addition to' serving the summons, but leaves open what counts as another appropriate means and what follows if the file records only one of the two routes.
Your judgment
If the file shows the summons was served but no other contact, how could a party show the date was nonetheless brought to their attention?
PRO SE does not make this decision or keep a case record on this public site.When to reconsider
We look at this again if the provision is amended to change how notice of the attendance date must be given, or if an authoritative decision explains what counts as another appropriate means or the effect of omitting one of the routes.