This is not the first time CLB has commented on judicial complaints about over-long skeletons and poorly thought out bundles. These points are made again by the Court of Appeal in Caldero Trading -v- Leibson [2014] EWCA Civ 935. The court made pointed comments about the number of the bundles and le...
It is quite remarkable that the large size of a paper bundle in the 16th century is still relevant to our courts today. One solution is to cut down the size of the bundles presented in court. Better still and more effective to present them as electronic bundles or e-Bundles. Why? Because it costs the court nothing, saves money for the claimant, saves time for the law firm and allows the court to concentrate on the facts of the case rather than the logistics of the bundle.
The judge holds a single computer tablet roughly one sixth the size of a single lever arch folder. He/she can be directed to individual pages by Counsel and then annotate those pages as relevant to the arguments being heard (or not). These comments form a core bundle of a few pages that are needed for the summing up.
The irrelevant documents do not impact the court room in any way.
Take a look: http://youtu.be/7r8RUwORvkc