1.   As has been evident, our procedural rules are sown in an adjudicative framework.

2.   The committee based its rejection on a procedural rule for filing amendments.

3.   The essential issue was the extent to which the procedural rules of the forum court could be used not withstanding the Convention.

4.   This was plainly the position under the procedural rules of the forum, Illinois.

5.   At the conclusion of the meeting, little progress had been made beyond agreeing procedural rules and setting up two working parties.

6.   As to the former, the usual procedural rules apply depending on whether proceedings are commenced in the High Court or county court.

7.   Purely procedural rules may be binding by reference to the rules in force at the time when the procedure is applied.