(a) | in Rule 3(1), replace “paragraph (2),” with “paragraphs (1A) and (2),”; |
(b) | in Rule 3(1) and (2)(c)(ii) and (d), replace “appeal and” with “appeal or”; |
(c) | in Rule 3, after paragraph (1), insert —“(1A) Where the lower Court does not hear and determine the issue of costs within 30 days after the lower Court has heard and determined all other matters in the application, the time for the filing of an appeal or for the filing of an application for permission to appeal starts to run after the expiry of the 30‑day period, even if the lower Court has directed that submissions on costs be made.”; |
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(d) | in Rule 3(2), replace sub-paragraph (a) with —“(a) | the lower Court is deemed to have heard and determined the issue of costs when it has —(i) | decided on the parties’ entitlement to costs, even if the amount of costs or disbursements has not been determined; | (ii) | ordered that costs be assessed; | (iii) | ordered that costs be reserved; or | (iv) | decided that there is to be no order as to costs or that each party is to bear its own costs;”; |
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(e) | in Rule 16(3), replace sub-paragraph (b) with —“(b) | if no written grounds of decision are issued within 12 weeks after the certification —(i) | the appellant must apply in writing to the Registrar to proceed with the appeal; | (ii) | if the appellant fails to do so, the respondent may apply in writing to the Registrar to proceed with the appeal or may give the appellant 14 days’ written notice of the respondent’s intention to strike out the appeal; and | (iii) | after the expiry of the 14 days’ notice period mentioned in sub‑paragraph (ii), the respondent may apply to strike out the appeal.”; |
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(f) | in Rule 16(5)(e), after “appellant”, insert “or the respondent”; |
(g) | in Rule 21(3), replace sub-paragraph (b) with —“(b) | if no written grounds of decision are issued within 12 weeks after the certification —(i) | the appellant must apply in writing to the Registrar to proceed with the appeal; | (ii) | if the appellant fails to do so, the respondent may apply in writing to the Registrar to proceed with the appeal or may give the appellant 14 days’ written notice of the respondent’s intention to strike out the appeal; and | (iii) | after the expiry of the 14 days’ notice period mentioned in sub‑paragraph (ii), the respondent may apply to strike out the appeal.”; |
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(h) | in Rule 21(5)(e), after “appellant”, insert “or the respondent”; |
(i) | in Rule 25(3), replace sub-paragraph (b) with —“(b) | if no written grounds of decision are issued within 12 weeks after the certification —(i) | the appellant must apply in writing to the Registrar to proceed with the appeal; | (ii) | if the appellant fails to do so, the respondent may apply in writing to the Registrar to proceed with the appeal or may give the appellant 14 days’ written notice of the respondent’s intention to strike out the appeal; and | (iii) | after the expiry of the 14 days’ notice period mentioned in sub‑paragraph (ii), the respondent may apply to strike out the appeal.”; |
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(j) | in Rule 25(5)(e), after “appellant”, insert “or the respondent”; |
(k) | in Rule 28(1), after “request”, insert “under section 29B(2) of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1969”; |
(l) | in Rule 33(3), replace sub-paragraph (b) with —“(b) | if no written grounds of decision are issued within 12 weeks after the certification —(i) | the appellant must apply in writing to the Registrar to proceed with the appeal; | (ii) | if the appellant fails to do so, the respondent may apply in writing to the Registrar to proceed with the appeal or may give the appellant 14 days’ written notice of the respondent’s intention to strike out the appeal; and | (iii) | after the expiry of the 14 days’ notice period mentioned in sub‑paragraph (ii), the respondent may apply to strike out the appeal.”; and |
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(m) | in Rule 33(5)(e), after “appellant”, insert “or the respondent”. |