17.1  As soon as all cases have been exchanged, and no later than 14 days before the proposed date of the hearing, the appellants must lodge (in addition to the documents already lodged on setting down) 15 bound volumes, each containing:

(a)  petition(s) of appeal;

(b)  petition(s) of cross-appeal (if any);

(c)  Statement of facts and issues;

(d)  appellants and respondents' cases, with cross-references on the outside margins to the Appendix and authorities volume(s);

(e)  case of the advocate to the court or intervener, if any;

(f)  Part 1 of the Appendix; and

(g) index to the authorities volume(s).

Form of bound volumes

17.2  The bound volumes:

(a)  should be bound in the same manner as the Appendix, with plastic comb binding and red card covers;

(b)  must include cut-out tabs for each of the documents set out in direction 17.1, with the name of the document on the tab;

(c)  must show on the front cover a list of the contents and the names and addresses of the agents for all parties;

(d)  must indicate on a sticker attached to the plastic spine the volume number and the short title of the appeal; and

(e)  should include a few blank pages at either end.

Provision of documents

17.3  To enable the appellants to produce the bound volumes, the respondents must provide the appellants' agents with a further 15 copies of the respondents' case in addition to the cases already exchanged.

17.4  Respondents should arrange with the appellants' agents for the delivery to them of such bound volumes as the respondents' counsel and agents require.

17.5  In appeals to which direction 41 applies, it is not necessary for the appellants' agents to produce additional bound volumes for the use of victims attending the Appellate Committee. The Judicial Office provides the necessary documents from among the number produced for the use of the Committee.