If you are a defendant and you do not have a lawyer, you must tell the court some important things at the trial callover hearing. You have to do this if your case is going to go to trial. You need to inform the court of the matters referred to in section 88(2), which are the things the court needs to know to move your case forward.

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88: Information to be provided in trial callover memoranda, or

"What to include in a trial callover form before a court trial"

90: Application for oral evidence order, or

"Asking the court to question a witness in a case"

Part 3Procedure before trial
Provisions applying only to jury trial procedure: Trial callover memoranda

89Unrepresented defendants at trial callover hearing

At the trial callover hearing an unrepresented defendant must, if the matter is to proceed to trial, inform the court of the matters referred to in section 88(2).