Predsednik senata postavlja vprašanja in skrbi za drug primeren način, da se med obravnavo navedejo vsa odločilna dejstva, da se dopolnijo nepopolne navedbe strank o pomembnih dejstvih, da se ponudijo ali dopolnijo dokazila, ki se nanašajo na navedbe strank, in sploh da se dajo vsa potrebna pojasnila, da se ugotovita sporno dejansko stanje in sporno pravno razmerje, ki sta pomembni za odločbo.
The presiding judge shall ask questions, and shall in other appropriate manner see that all ultimate facts be stated during the hearing, that incomplete statements concerning important facts be supplemented, that means of evidence relating to the parties` statements be adduced or supplemented, and that all necessary explanations be given in order to establish the facts and legal relation in dispute.