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Final Report of the Task Force on Civil Justice Improvements
Submit comments in writing no later than Monday, December 2, 2019 (see below for how to submit comments).
- Executive Summary
- Final Report and Recommendations (without appendices)
Red-Lined Version of Proposed Rule Changes
- HRCP Rule 5. Service and Filing of Pleadings and Other Papers
- HRCP Rule 16. Pre-Trial Conferences; Scheduling; Management
- [New] HRCP Rule 16.1 Tier Assignment Based on Case Characteristics; Discovery Limitations; Trial Setting
- HRCP Rule 16.2. Appearance by Telephonic or Video Conference Call
- HRCP Rule 26. General Provisions Governing Discovery
- HRCP Rule 29. Stipulations Regarding Discovery Procedure
- RCCH Rule 3. Form of Pleadings And Motions
- RCCH Rule 4. Parties Without Counsel
- RCCH Rule 12. Scheduling
- [New] RCCH Rule 12.1 Pretrial Statement
- RCCH Rule 12.2. Mandatory Civil Settlement Conference; Confidential Settlement Conference Letter
- RCCH Rule 12.3. Alternative Dispute Resolution
- [New] RCCH Rule 15.1. Streamlined Discovery Assistance
Appendices
- Appendix 1: The Chief Justice’s Orders Regarding the Task Force
- Appendix 2: Task Force Roster and Committee Assignments
- Appendix 3: Task Force Member Roy K.S. Chang’s Dissent
- Appendix 4: Members of the Hawaii Judiciary Staff Who Provided Assistance and Support to the Task Force
- Appendix 5: Task Force Surveys (Distributed in Paper Form and Emailed for Online Completion)
- Appendix 6: Compilation of Survey Results
- Appendix 7: Clean Version of the Task Force’s Proposed Amendments to the Hawaii Rules of Civil Procedure and the Rules of the Circuit Courts of the State of Hawaii
- Appendix 8: Red-line Showing How the Task Force’s Proposed Amendments Will Change the Existing Hawaii Rules of Civil Procedure and the Existing Rules of the Circuit Courts of the State of Hawaii
Submit comments in writing no later than Monday, December 2, 2019 to the Judiciary Communications & Community Relations Office by mail to 417 S. King Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, by facsimile to 539-4801, or via the Judiciary’s online form.
Send questions to pao@courts.hawaii.gov.