Hong Kong Regulations

HONG KONG COURT OF FINAL APPEAL RULES - RULE 27

Form and contents of Case

(1) The Case of each party shall be prepared in accordance with Part I of
Schedule 2 and-

   (a)  shall consist of numbered paragraphs;

   (b)  shall state, as concisely as possible, the circumstances out of which
        the appeal arises;

   (c)  shall succinctly state the submissions advanced in support of the
        appeal, or against it, as the case may be;

   (d)  page references to the relevant portions of the Record or documents in
        the court below shall, as far as practicable, be printed in the
        margin; and

   (e)  care shall be taken to avoid, as far as possible, the reprinting of
        long extracts from the Record.

(2) The Case shall be signed by the counsel for the party or by the party
himself.

(3) The Registrar, in taxing the costs of an appeal, may disallow costs
unnecessarily incurred in preparation of the Case.