(1) If, by the date for compliance (as fixed in accordance with these Rules or extended by an order), an appellant does not file:

(a)

a pre-argument statement; or

(b)

the appeal books;

an appeal is taken to be abandoned at the end of the 28th day after the date for compliance.

(2)

If the draft index to the appeal books is not filed within 3 months after the date of cancellation of the first court date under paragraph 22.15 (a), the appeal is taken to be abandoned.

(3)

If the appeal is taken to be abandoned, the appellant may be ordered to pay the costs of the other parties to the appeal.