2024-12-27 - CoA - Sumi Agro v. Syngenta

R.13.3 RoP does not explicitly apply for a Statement of response in appeal proceedings. Nevertheless, pursuant to R.7 RoP, written pleadings and other documents, including written evidence, shall be lodged in the language of the proceedings unless the Court or these Rules otherwise provide. From this can be deduced that a party in appeal proceedings will be relieved from the duty to provide translations of documents filed first with the Court of Appeal only if the Court of Appeal accepts this.

The Court of Appeal allowed the applicant not to translate an exhibit that was filed first before the CoA.