(1) If a claim or counterclaim is made for an account or requires the taking of an account, an application for directions relating to the taking of the account must be made at the case management conference or first hearing.
(2) The court may —
(a) direct that any preliminary issue of fact be tried;
(b) order an account to be taken;
(c) order inquiries be made; or
(d) order that any amount shown to be due to a party on the account be paid by a date specified in the order.
(3) Every direction that an account be taken must be so numbered that each distinct account and inquiry can be designated by that number.
(4) On directing that an account be taken, or subsequently, the court must direct how it is to be taken or vouched.
(5) The court may direct that any relevant books of account shall be evidence of the matters contained in them, subject to any objection that any party may take.