284
Withdrawal of petition.
Procedure where hearing of petition unduly delayed.
Only one counsel heard on a side in petitions.
Lodging of case.
Printing of case.
Number of prints to be lodged.
PRIVY COUNCIL APPEALS.
have made their report or order notify the parties that the report or order has been made and of the date and nature of such report or order.
57. A petitioner who desires to withdraw his petition shall give notice in writing to that effect to the Registrar of the Privy Council. Where the petition is opposed, the opponent shall, subject to any agreement between the parties to the contrary, be entitled to apply to the Judicial Committee for his costs, but where the petition is unopposed, or where, in the case of an opposed petition, the parties have come to an agreement as to the costs of the petition, the petition may, if the Judicial Committee think fit, be disposed of in the same way mutatis mutandis as a consent petition under the provisions of the last-preceding rule.
58. Where a petitioner unduly delays bringing a petition to a hearing, the Registrar of the Privy Council shall call upon him to explain the delay, and, if no explanation is offered, or if the explanation offered is, in the opinion of the said Registrar, insufficient, the said Registrar may treat the said petition as set down and may, after duly notifying all parties interested by summons of his intention to do so, put the petition in the paper for hearing on the next following day appointed by the Judicial Committee for the hearing of petitions for such directions as the Committee may think fit to give thereon.
59. At the hearing of a petition not more than one counsel shall be admitted to be heard on a side.
Case.
60. No party to an appeal shall be entitled to be heard by the Judicial Committee unless he has previously lodged his case in the appeal. Provided that where a respondent is merely a stakeholder or trustee with no other interest in the appeal, he may give the Registrar of the Privy Council notice in writing of his intention not to lodge any case, while reserving his right to address the Judicial Committee on the question of costs.
61. The case may be printed either abroad or in England, and shall, in either event, be printed in accordance with rules I to IV of schedule A hereto, every tenth line thereof being numbered in the margin, and shall be signed by at least one of the counsel who attends at the hearing of the appeal or by the party himself if he conducts his appeal in person.
62. Each party shall lodge 40 prints of his case.
284
Withdrawal of petition.
Procedure
where hear
ing of peti- tion unduly delayed.
Only one counsel heard on a side in peti- tions.
Lodging of
case.
Printing of
case.
Number of prints to be lodged.
PRIVY COUNCIL APPEALS.
have made their report or order notify the parties that the report or order has been made and of the date and nature of such report or order.
57. A petitioner who desires to withdraw his petition shall give notice in writing to that effect to the Registrar of the Privy Council. Where the petition is opposed, the opponent shall, subject to any agreeinent between the parties to the contrary, be entitled to apply to the Judicial Committee for his costs, but where the petition is unopposed, or where, in the case of an opposed petition, the parties have come to an agreement as to the costs of the petition, the petition may, if the Judicial Committee think fit, be disposed of in the same. way mutatis mutandis as a consent petition under the provisions of the last-preceding rule.
58. Where a petitioner unduly delays bringing a petition to a hearing, the Registrar of the Privy Council shall call upon him to explain the delay, and, if no explanation is offered, or if the explanation offered is, in the opinion of the said Registrar, insufficient, the said Registrar may treat the said petition as set down and may, after duly notifying all parties interested by summons of his intention to do so, put the petition in the paper for hearing on the next following day appointed by the Judicial Committee for the hearing of petitions for such directions as the Committee may think fit to give thereon.
59. At the hearing of a petition not more than one counsel shall be admitted to be heard on a side.
Case.
60. No party to an appeal shall be entitled to be heard by the Judicial Committee unless he has previously lodged his case in the appeal. Provided that where a respondent is merely a stakeholder or trustee with no other interest in the appeal, he may give the Registrar of the Privy Council notice in writing of his intention not to lodge any case, while reserving his right to address the Judicial Committee on the question of costs.
61. The case may be printed either abroad or in England, and shall, in either event, be printed in accordance with rules I to IV of sche- dule A hereto, every tenth line thereof being numbered in the margin, and shall be signed by at least one of the counsel who attends at the hearing of the appeal or by the party himself if he conducts his appeal in person.
62. Each party shall lodge 40 prints of his case.
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