ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER
We issue this administrative order to enjoin the practice in some circuit courts of referring discovery disputes to so-called special referees for resolution.
The power of the circuit court to appoint a referee is governed by Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure. Subsection (b) of the Rule provides only that "causes of action in a case" may be referred under the circumstances listed in the Rule. A discovery dispute...
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