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5856Written cases—filing etc written case for appeal
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5856 Written cases—filing etc written case for appeal
(1) This rule applies if an appeal is to be dealt with by written case.
(2) The appellant (or each appellant) must file the required number of
copies of the appellant’s written case in the court, and serve a copy
on the respondent (or each respondent) not later than 28 days after the
day the appeal papers are filed.
(3) The respondent (or each respondent) must file the required number of
copies of the respondent’s written case in the court, and serve a copy
on each other party not later than 35 days after the day the appellant’s
written case is served on the respondent (or, if there are 2 or more
appellants, the day the last of the appellants’ written cases are served
on the respondent).
(4) An appellant may file the required number of copies of written
submissions in reply to the respondent’s written case in the court, and
serve a copy on the respondent (or each respondent) not later than 14
days after the day the respondent’s written case is served on the
(a) an appeal to the Supreme Court under part 5.3 (Appeals to
Supreme Court); or
(b) an appeal to the Court of Appeal under part 5.4 (Appeals to
Court of Appeal).
appellant means a person appealing under part 5.3 or part 5.4.
required number—see rule 5855 (5).
Rule 5857