Reopening of Proceedings

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1. Does Section24 make agreement of both parties an express prerequisite to a judge’s own-initiative reopening?
2. An order grants reopening on June1. Counsel argues the thirty-day period starts only on a later first hearing date. Whi…
3. A judge grants reopening before finality after hearing to avoid a miscarriage of justice. A party objects solely becaus…
4. A reopening order directs a first hearing on day29 and proposes completing additional proceedings months later. Counsel…
5. A party asks reopening solely to repeat a tactical argument already fully heard and identifies no possible miscarriage …
6. Distinguish commencement from termination when applying Section24’s thirty-day requirement.
7. A party claims no one requested reopening, so judicial initiative is necessarily unauthorized. Discuss the express powe…
8. Explain why a timely reopening request is not automatically meritorious when it merely seeks a tactical second presenta…