SKELETON ARGUMENTS: GET THE FONT SIZE RIGHT, AND THE LENGTH CORRECT: OR IT COULD COST YOU

March 15, 2018 · by gexall · in Appeals, Bundles, Case Management, Members Content, Written advocacy

The Administrative Court Clerks Users Group has sent out an email to many chambers in relation to the format of skeleton arguments. If you did not receive this it is worth reading.

THE EMAIL: SIZE AND FONTS OF SKELETON ARGUMENTS "Dear All Slightly outside of our remit, however trying to relay impo...

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Tags: Appeals, Skeleton arguments

2 Responses

dbfamilylaw · March 16, 2018 at 16:15:24 · →

That letter is truly remarkable.

All the PD says is that if a skele does not comply with para 31 the court may disallow costs of preparation (which I suppose a PD is entitled to do so long as it does not seek to fetter a judge’s discretion under SCA 1981 s 51). If court clerks think it gives them the right to turn away any skele (save perhaps if written on lavatory paper) they must surely think again?

It raises the more serious point – which I am addressing in writing – as to just how wide are the powers of a PD, which are – after all – very low in the precedent pecking order and often ultra vires anyway.
Terence SHARKEY · March 13, 2023 at 12:56:28 · →

O God. I am a poor L.I.P. If you lot can’t agree what hope is there for me.