The phrase "a paper hearing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where a hearing or legal proceeding is conducted based on written submissions rather than oral arguments.
Example: "The judge decided to hold a paper hearing to expedite the resolution of the case, allowing both parties to submit their arguments in writing."
Alternatives: "written hearing" or "document-based hearing".
Ferguson denied the charge and requested a paper hearing, and before today's ruling hinted that he suspected the matter had become personal.
A paper hearing shall be considered complete on the date by which written statements must be submitted to the hearing official in order to be considered as part of the record.
In the absence of good cause shown (for example, excused illness), if the employee fails to appear at an oral hearing or fails to submit documentary evidence as required for a paper hearing, the employee waives the right to a hearing, and salary offset may be initiated.
(4) In those cases when an oral hearing is not required by this section, the hearing official will accord the debtor a "paper hearing," that is, a determination of the request for reconsideration based upon a review of the written record.
(b) Upon the receipt of a community residential care facility's request for a paper hearing, the hearing official shall notify the community residential care facility operator that written statements and other evidence must be submitted to the hearing official by a specified date in order to be considered as part of the record.
He has requested a paper hearing, which means he will send a written submission rather than appearing in person.
The employee must sign the request and specify whether an oral or paper hearing is requested.
(c) The term paper hearing means a review of the written evidence of record by the hearing official.
Incidentally, all of us who have written for a paper have heard it called "garbage," but it still hurts our feelings.
Peter worries that when people see his name in a paper, or hear his voice on the radio, they think, "Here's that man again, going on about his son".
Detectives are trawling through 9,200 pages of material seized from a private investigator used by Rupert Murdoch's tabloid to hack into voicemails, a case management hearing to decide how best to handle the flood of lawsuits against the paper heard.
