The Courts and Tribunals Judiciary has published new general guidance to ensure consistency in the provision of electronic bundles (e-bundles) for court hearings. This replaces previous guidance published in May 2020.
The guidance applies for court hearings only (ie it does not apply to the tribunals), and covers the following:
e-bundles should be in pdf format with the default view at 100%, and all significant documents and all sections must be bookmarked;
pages must use computer-generated numbering, which should start at page one (whether or not that is part of an index) and the numbering must follow sequentially to the last page of the bundle;
pages in landscape should appear in that orientation;
each entry in the index must be hyperlinked to the indexed document;
pages containing typed text must be subject to optical character recognition if they have not been created directly as electronic text documents, to facilitate searching and copying text;
a single hearing e-bundle and a separate single authorities e-bundle is generally better than multiple bundles; and
the resolution of the bundle should not be greater than 300 dpi.
The guidance also covers delivering/uploading e-bundles, including filenames and email format, and provides advice where unrepresented litigants are involved.
The Courts and Tribunals Judiciary has published new general guidance to ensure consistency in the provision of electronic bundles (e-bundles) for court hearings. This replaces previous guidance published in May 2020.
The guidance applies for court hearings only (ie it does not apply to the tribunals), and covers the following:
e-bundles should be in pdf format with the default view at 100%, and all significant documents and all sections must be bookmarked;
pages must use computer-generated numbering, which should start at page one (whether or not that is part of an index) and the numbering must follow sequentially to the last page of the bundle;
pages in landscape should appear in that orientation;
each entry in the index must be hyperlinked to the indexed document;
pages containing typed text must be subject to optical character recognition if they have not been created directly as electronic text documents, to facilitate searching and copying text;
a single hearing e-bundle and a separate single authorities e-bundle is generally better than multiple bundles; and
the resolution of the bundle should not be greater than 300 dpi.
The guidance also covers delivering/uploading e-bundles, including filenames and email format, and provides advice where unrepresented litigants are involved.
