East African Community Court of Justice Rules of Procedure, 2019. on in the appeal and agree on all matters listed above before the date fixed for the Scheduling Conference and shall file and serve the same as appropriate. (3) Where the parties cannot agree on all or some of the matters listed under sub-rule (2) above, each party may file its own memorandum of issues (4) After the Scheduling Conference, if the matter is to proceed to hearing, the Court shall fix the date for commencement of hearing. (5) In any case where all parties opt to present legal arguments in writing, the Court shall prescribe the time limits within which the parties shall file their respective written legal arguments and may fix the date on which the parties shall appear before a full Court to deal with any other matter the Court thinks necessary. 111. (1) Any party to an appeal who does not intend to appear in person or by advocate at the hearing of the appeal may lodge in the appropriate registry a written statement of his arguments in support of or in opposition to the appeal or the cross-appeal, if any, as the case may be, and shall, before, or within seven (7) days after lodging it, serve a copy of it on the other party or on each other party appearing in person or separately represented. (2) Every such statement shall be lodged:— (a) by an appellant, within fourteen (14) days of lodging his memorandum of appeal; (b) by a respondent, within thirty (30) days of service on him of the memorandum and record of appeal. (3) An appellant who has lodged a statement under subrule(1),may, if served with a notice of cross-appeal, lodge a supplementary statement of his arguments in opposition to it. 65 Presentation of arguments in writing.