Pre-hearing Conference. (a) A party may request the holding of a pre-hearing conference at a time and place to be fixed by the arbitrator, which conference may be held by telephone, if convenient. (b) The arbitrator may on her own initiative direct that a pre-hearing conference be held. (c) A pre-hearing conference shall consider the simplification of the issues, the possibility of obtaining admissions which might facilitate the hearing and any other matters that may aid in the speedy and efficient disposition of the matters in dispute between the parties. (d) Following a pre-hearing conference, the arbitrator may make an order reciting the results of the conference and giving such directions as she thinks just. The order shall control the subsequent course of the proceedings unless modified at the arbitration hearings to prevent injustice.
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