# The Immigration and Asylum Appeals (Procedure) Rules 2000, Article 30: Conduct of appeals


(1) The appellate authority may, subject to the provisions of these Rules, regulate the procedure to be followed in relation to the conduct of any appeal.
(2) The overriding objective shall be to secure the just, timely and effective disposal of appeals and, in order to further that objective, the appellate authority may give directions which control the conduct of any appeal.
(3) The appellate authority may give directions under this rule orally or in writing and notice of any written directions given shall be served on the appellant or his representative (if he has one) and any other party.
(4) Directions given under this rule may, in particular,—
(a) relate to any matter concerning the preparation for a hearing and may specify the length of time allowed for anything to be done;
(b) specify the place at which the appeal shall be heard;
(c) provide for—
(i) a particular matter to be dealt with as a preliminary issue;
(ii) a pre-hearing review to be held;
(iii) the furnishing of any particulars which appear to be requisite for the determination of the appeal;
(iv) whether there should be a hearing of the appeal;
(v) the witnesses, if any, to be heard;
(vi) the manner in which any evidence may be given; and
(vii) in the case of the Tribunal, times to be prescribed within which leave must be sought to submit any evidence or call any witnesses;
(d) require any party to file—
(i) statements of the evidence which will be called at the hearing specifying in what respect the services of an interpreter will be required;
(ii) a paginated and indexed bundle of all the documents which will be relied on at the hearing;
(iii) a skeleton argument which summarises succinctly the submissions which will be made at the hearing and cites all the authorities which will be relied on, identifying any particular passages to be relied on;
(iv) an estimate of the time which will be needed for the hearing of the appeal;
(v) a list of the witnesses whom any party wishes to call to give evidence; and
(vi) a chronology of events;
(e) limit—
(i) the number or length of documents produced by, for example, requiring a party to specify to another party the passage or part of any document on which he will rely, especially if the document has to be translated into English for the hearing;
(ii) the length of oral submissions;
(iii) the time allowed for the examination and cross examination of witnesses by, for example, allowing a witness statement to stand as evidence in chief; and
(iv) the issues which will be addressed at the hearing;
(f) facilitate the holding of combined hearings under rule 42.
(5) A party shall provide to every other party a copy of any document which he is directed to file under paragraph (4).
(6) In an appeal in which a party is unrepresented, the appellate authority may not give directions under this rule where it is necessary for the party to comply, unless it is satisfied that he is able to comply with those directions.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2333/article/30 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-appeals-procedure-rules-2000/article-30
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