Mr. Tom Flynn:

Yes. Under the rules of the court and under practice directions the current judge over the planning division of the High Court has, there are default directions. What has happened is parties often agree, or in an interaction with the court having regard to the case they say what they are going to propose and the judge can adjudicate on that if it is reasonable. The problem with a one-size-fits-all set of time limits is one size does not fit all. Some cases are very neat and fine, in that you can put in your statement of opposition within three weeks. However, a case may raise complex issues and then that cannot be done. Our point is this is something better left over for rules of court and that a degree of flexibility should be given to the court to deal with it.