Counsel who fail to abide by the time limits set down clearly in the rules for the delivery of skeleton arguments must expect to suffer appropriate sanctions. The limits enabled judges to carry out effective pre-reading to make the hearing shorter and more effective. It reduced the costs to the partes.
Sir Andrew Morritt, Vice-Chancellor
Times 30-Jan-2002
Chancery Guide (Civil Procedure Autumn 2001, volume 2, paragraph 1-60)
England and Wales
Litigation Practice
Updated: 15 January 2022; Ref: scu.167480
