Practice Directions

AMENDMENT TO PRACTICE DIRECTION SL3

(This amendment has been made following consultation with, and with the approval of, the Chief Justice.)

1. Amendment to para.1.10.1 of the Practice Direction

"1.10.1

(a) Every applicant and interested party who proposes to make submissions in support of an application for judicial review must ensure that a skeleton argument, drafted by counsel who is instructed to argue the case, is received seven clear days before the commencement of the substantive hearing by the judge's clerk, the respondent and any interested who has indicated a wish to be heard.

(b) Every respondent and interested party who proposes to make submissions in opposition to an application for judicial review must ensure that a skeleton argument drafted by counsel who is instructed to argue the case, is received three clear days before the commencement of the substantive hearing by the judge's clerk, the applicant and any interested party who has served a skeleton argument in accordance with sub-para.(a)."