15.1  An appeal is set down for hearing at the same time as the appellants lodge the Statement and Appendix[46].

15.2  Once an appeal has been set down for hearing, it may be called on at any time. Certain directions, for example directions 16.14-16.15, may be dispensed with to enable an appeal to be called on at short notice.

Estimates of length of time needed for hearing of appeal

15.3  Within seven days of the setting down of an appeal, each party must notify the Judicial Office of the number of hours that their counsel estimate to be necessary for each of them to address the Appellate Committee. The Listings Officer arranges the programme of hearings on the basis of these estimates, and so they should be as accurate as is reasonably possible. Subject to any directions by the Appellate Committee before or at the hearing, counsel are expected to confine their submissions to the time indicated in their estimates. The Judicial Office should be informed at once of any alteration to the original estimate.

15.4  In all appeals where combined estimates amount to more than 17½ hours (four sitting days), such estimates must be justified by letter to the Head of the Judicial Office and may be referred to an Appeal Committee for a direction.