Preparing manual PDF electronic bundles

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Preparing manual PDF electronic bundles

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Practice notes
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This Practice Note provides guidance on preparing manual PDF bundles, similar to those required by CPR PD 51O. The process for uploading documents to specialised trial management software may be different. This Practice Note should be read in conjunction with Practice Note: Electronic bundles in civil proceedings.

With the kind permission of Blake Hawthorne, his ‘Guide to Creating Electronic Appellate Briefs, Blake A. Hawthorne, Supreme Court of Texas’ dated 1 January 2019, has been used as a starting point for this guidance on preparing manual electronic bundles for use in proceedings in England and Wales.

How to prepare PDF bundles—five basic steps

There are five basic steps to create an electronic bundle which will be as effective and easy to use as possible:

  1. •

    Convert your submissions from the original word processing document, eg Microsoft Word, directly to PDF. Unless it is unavoidable, do not scan a document to create a PDF

  2. •

    Convert any exhibits to PDF. Do not scan exhibits that are available in electronic format, such as judgments, authorities or orders

  3. •

    Combine

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