(1) Except where any enactment, rule or practice direction provides otherwise the functions of the High Court may be exercised by —
(a) a master;
(b) a registrar;
(c) a single judge of the court whether or not assigned to the Member State or Territory in which the proceedings are taking place;
(d) the Chief Justice; or
(e) the Chief Registrar,
in accordance with these Rules and any practice direction made by the Chief Justice.
(2) The functions of the Court of Appeal relating to —
(a) an application for leave to appeal;
(b) the case management of an appeal including the giving of directions relating to an appeal; and
(c) interlocutory applications (other than applications for leave to appeal),
may be carried out by any one judge of the Court of Appeal.
(3) The functions of the Court of Appeal relating to —
(a) applications for leave to appeal may also be carried out by the judge of the court below;
(b) the case management of an appeal including the giving of directions relating to an appeal may, where the Chief Justice directs, be carried out by a master or the Chief Registrar; and
(c) interlocutory applications (other than applications for leave to appeal) may, where the Chief Justice so directs, be carried out by a master, the Chief Registrar or the registrar of the court below.
(4) An appeal from a magistrate's court may be heard by any 2 judges of the Court of Appeal.
(5) All other functions of the Court of Appeal may be carried out by any 3 judges of the Court of Appeal.
(6) The Chief Justice may by direction allocate the work of the court between judges, masters Chief Registrar and registrars.
(7) The Chief Registrar may exercise any of the functions of a master.
(8) Where —
(a) a trial has been commenced but not completed by a judge; or
(b) any enactment or rule requires an application to be made to, or jurisdiction exercised by, the judge by whom a claim was tried; then if —
(i) the judge ceases to be a judge of the High Court,
(ii) the judge dies or is incapacitated, or
(iii) for any reason it is impossible or inconvenient for the judge to act in the claim,
the Chief Justice may nominate some other judge to retry or complete the trial of the claim or to hear any application.