Court of Appeal (Written Submissions)

HC Deb 27 October 1982 vol 29 c397W

Mr. Arnold

asked the Attorney-General whether he has plans to introduce written submissions to the Court of Appeal similar to the written cases at present submitted in appeals to the House of Lords.

The Solicitor-General:

The report of the working party under Lord Justice Scarman, as he then was, on the work of the civil division of the Court of Appeal recommended against any change in the practice of oral argument in the court, but the working party did recommend other improvements in the preparation of documents for appeal, and in particular the introduction of perfected notices of appeal setting out the grounds of appeal in more detail with reference to the evidence. These recommendations and other improvements in practice have now been implemented with effect from 1 October 1982.