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Practice Direction No 3 of 2019 - Civil and Criminal Appeals

COURT OF APPEAL

PRACTICE DIRECTION NO. 3 OF 2019

CIVIL AND CRIMINAL APPEALS

General

1. This practice direction makes provision for certain administrative matters and applies to both civil and criminal appeals.
   

Correspondence

2. Further to the requirements specified in Practice Direction No.5 of 2018, any party to an appeal who is represented by a legal practitioner is required to correspond and submit (i.e. file) material through the legal practitioner.
   
3. Any correspondence or documents received directly from a party who is represented by a legal practitioner shall be returned to that party.
   

Appeal records and submissions

4. When lodging the appeal record for certification the appellant is required in addition to the hard copy to provide the Registry with an e-copy of the record.
   
5. Parties are required to provide e-copies when filing hard copies of submissions and case authorities.
   

Lodging the appeal record

6. When an appellant lodges the appeal record for certification by the Registrar, the appellant shall also provide a letter confirming that the respondent has been consulted in the preparation of the record as to its contents.
   
7. This practice direction comes into effect on 1 July 2019.
   

DATED at Suva this __ 11^th day of June 2019.

W.D. CALANCHINI

PRESIDENT, COURT OF APPEAL