14—Claim under this Act may be brought in the course of other
proceedings
(1) Where—
(a) a
person desires to institute proceedings in a court; and
(b) it
is necessary for the purposes of those proceedings to establish under this Act
that a certain relationship exists,
he may commence the proceedings in the usual way, but he must endorse on the
process by which the proceedings are instituted a statement to the effect that
he seeks a declaration under this Act of a specified relationship.
(2) In any such
proceedings, there shall be, unless a court otherwise determines, a separate
trial of any issues arising under this Act.