BUNDLES TOO BIG, SKELETON ARGUMENTS TOO LONG – THEN THE COURT MAY SIMPLY REFUSE TO ACCEPT THEM: PREPARATION FOR HEARING GOES OFF THE TRACKS

The problems caused by over-lengthy skeleton arguments and voluminous bundles feature regularly on this blog.  They are, in fact, some of the most widely read posts on the blog. I do not have to go looking for cases on these issues.  Judges regularly preface judgments with criticism (that sometimes ...