UPC-Court of Appeal: Procedural decision on the ban of written submissions after an oral hearing

Following the oral hearing before the trial court, the plaintiff filed a request together with a written statement in which she summarized once again the main arguments she had presented at the hearing in response to the introduction by the appellate court. The appellate court will disregard the motion filed by the plaintiff and the documents uploaded with it. Once the written proceedings have concluded, there is no basis for submitting further written statements, particularly without the prior consent of the court. This applies all the more after the oral hearing. Once the oral hearing has concluded, the case is ready for decision, and the parties should refrain from any further communication with the court. There is no need at any time thereafter to summarize what was said during the oral hearing (CoA 21.8.2025, CoA 764/2024).