(1) Except where the Chief Justice otherwise directs, only claims and applications required to be commenced in the Registry of the High Court of the Virgin Islands (“the Registry”) may be placed on the commercial list.
(2) In addition to the procedure provided in rule 69.4, the Registry may place on the commercial list any claim or application of its own motion where it appears that the claim or application is a qualifying claim within the meaning of rules 69.1(2) and (3) and that it is appropriate for the claim to be placed on the commercial list.
(3) Any party to a claim or application placed on the commercial list pursuant to paragraph (2) may apply, in the case of a claim proceeding by way of claim form, at any time before the close of pleadings and in the case of a claim proceeding by way of originating application, at any time before the close of evidence, for the claim or application to be transferred from the commercial list to another list.
(4) An application under paragraph (3) shall be made by way of ordinary application to the Commercial Division judge.