Practice Direction 1987

It is of great assistance to the Divisional Court to have case books filed by counsel containing photostatic copies of the authorities to which they intend to refer on the hearing of the matter. Such case books of authorities:

1. Should include only the cases to which counsel actually intend to refer in the oral argument. The particular passages in the cases to which counsel wish to refer should be clearly marked.

2. Should be prepared jointly in accordance with this direction. Where counsel are unable to agree, then such case books should indicate whether they are filed by the appellant or the respondent. There should be consultation between counsel to avoid any duplication of the authorities included in their respective case books.

3. Should have a tab for each case (either numerical or by letters), should include an index of the authorities and indicate the tab where the authority is reproduced. It is not necessary to number the pages in the case-book so long as the photocopies show the page numbers of each authority.

4. Should be filed, if possible, not later than the Monday of the week preceding the hearing of the matter as they are of great assistance to the judges in preparing for the hearing.

February, 1987
Revised July 2004

W.D Parker
Chief Justice of the High Court