The applicants in a constitutional application requested leave to file factums exceeding the 30-page limit prescribed by the Practice Direction.
The Attorney General opposed the request.
The court denied the request, emphasizing that the 30-page limit is a serious policy intended to focus counsel on the issues, and that leave is exceptional and granted sparingly.
The court noted that since there was still a week before the factums were due, counsel had sufficient time to produce shorter, more focused versions.
