The House of Lords issued a Practice Statement to remind counsel that if they were instructed to appear before the House, they were expected to be present throughout the hearing, and should not ordinarily accept instructions to appear in the House for a hearing on a certain date if they already had a conflicting commitment in a lower court.

HL (Lord Bingham of Cornhill, Lord Hope of Craighead, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Lord Carswell, Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood)

22/05/2008