Preparation of case
696 Preparation of case
A court intending to reserve a question in the form of a special case or case stated may direct a party to – prepare a draft of the case; and deliver the draft to each other party.
The draft is to – state the question for the opinion or determination of the Court or a judge and any facts necessary to enable the Court or judge to give proper consideration to that question; and list all the documents referred to in the case; and be divided into paragraphs numbered consecutively.
The draft is to be delivered within – any period the court giving the direction orders; or if the court does not order a period, 21 days after the direction that the order be prepared.
After giving the parties a sufficient opportunity to be heard – the court is to settle the draft and return it to the party who prepared it; and that party is to lodge a sufficient number of copies of the draft with the court.
On the lodgment of the copies, the court is to sign one copy and certify a sufficient number of further copies.
The copy signed by the court is to be the case.
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