(1) A document which is submitted for electronic litigation filing must be —
(a) prepared by electronic means using Microsoft Word or open office or other Word Processor in .doc, .docx, .txt, .rtf, pdf formats; and
(b) converted into Portable Document Format before uploading by —
(i) using an Adobe Acrobat software,
(ii) using other compatible portable document format converter software, or
(iii) scanning hard copies of the document.
(2) Where a document is not a text document, it must be scanned using an image resolution of 300 dpi (dots per inch) and saved as a Portable Document Format document.
(3) A document submitted for electronic litigation filing must not—
(a) exceed 10MB;
(b) be encrypted; and
(c) be password protected.
(4) A document submitted through the Electronic Litigation Portal must comply with the requirements of applicable procedural rules of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court.
(5) There are no limits on the number of documents which can be submitted in the process of electronic litigation filing.
(6) An electronic image of an exhibit must be uploaded and submitted as one filing, together with an index of the exhibit and the corresponding principal document.