A. to provide a forum and procedure for the fair, orderly, and just disposition of cases without trial;

B. to permit the parties, without prejudice to their rights to trial, to engage in disclosure and conduct negotiations for dispositions without trial;

C. to provide discovery as hereafter set forth;

D. to eliminate the need for trial settings for cases which may be concluded without trial, thereby enabling the court to administer its trial docket in a just and efficient manner; and

E. to enable the court and the parties to have trial settings on a day certain in all cases which cannot be concluded without trial.