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May 19, 2014 · You are required to comply by filing your trial bundle no more than seven and no later than three clear days before trial. Given that one is more and one is less than five days, the different...
How to calculate a period of time or time limit for doing any act that is specified by the Civil Procedure Rules, a Practice Direction or a judgment or order of the court, including the meaning of clear days and business days.
- Application of The Rules
- The Glossary
- Interpretation
- Power to Perform An Act of The Court
- Court Staff
- Court Documents to Be Sealed
- Time
- Dates For Compliance to Be Calendar Dates and to Include Time of Day
- Meaning of ‘Month’ in Judgments, etc.
- Time Limits May Be Varied by Parties
2.1 (1) Subject to paragraph (2), these Rules apply to all proceedings in – (a) the County Court; (b) the High Court; and (c) the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal. (2) These Rules do not apply to proceedings of the kinds specified in the first column of the following table (proceedings for which rules may be made under the enactments specified...
2.2 (1) The glossary at the end of these Rules is a guide to the meaning of certain legal expressions used in the Rules, but is not to be taken as giving those expressions any meaning in the Rules which they do not have in the law generally. (2) Subject to paragraph (3), words in these Rules which are included in the glossary are followed by‘(GL)’....
2.3 (1) In these Rules – ‘child’ has the meaning given by rule 21.1(2); ‘civil restraint order’ means an order restraining a party – (a) from making any further applications in current proceedings (a limited civil restraint order); (b) from issuing certain claims or making certain applications in specified courts (an extended civil restraint order)...
2.4 (1) Where these Rules provide for the court to perform any act then, except where an enactment, rule or practice direction provides otherwise, that act may be performed – (a) in relation to proceedings in the High Court, by any judge of that Court, including a Master, Admiralty Registrar, ICC Judge or District Judge; and (b) in relation to proc...
2.5 (1) Where these Rules require or permit the court to perform an act of a formal or administrative character, that act may be performed by a court officer. (2) A requirement that a court officer carry out any act at the request of a party is subject to the payment of any fee required by a fees order for the carrying out of that act. (Rule 3.2 al...
2.6 (1) The court must seal(GL) the following documents on issue – (a) the claim form; and (b) any other document which a rule or practice direction requires it to seal. (2) The court may place the seal on the document by hand, by printing or electronically. (3) A document appearing to bear the court’s seal(GL)shall be admissible in evidence withou...
2.8 (1) This rule shows how to calculate any period of time for doing any act which is specified – (a) by these Rules; (b) by a practice direction; or (c) by a judgment or order of the court. (2) A period of time expressed as a number of days shall be computed as clear days. (3) In this rule ‘clear days’ means that in computing the number of days –...
2.9 (1) Where the court gives a judgment, order or direction which imposes a time limit for doing any act, the last date for compliance must, wherever practicable – (a) be expressed as a calendar date; and (b) include the time of day by which the act must be done. (2) Where the date by which an act must be done is inserted in any document, the date...
2.10Where ‘month’ occurs in any judgment, order, direction or other document, it means a calendar month.
2.11Unless these Rules or a practice direction provide otherwise or the court orders otherwise, the time specified by a rule or by the court for a person to do any act may be varied by the written agreement of the parties. (Rules 3.8 (sanctions have effect unless defaulting party obtains relief), 28.3 (variation of case management timetable – fast ...
Aug 5, 2022 · The last date for service is Monday 16 October. (ii) The court is to fix a date for a hearing. The hearing must be at least 28 days after the date of notice. If the court gives notice of the date of the hearing on 1 October, the earliest date for the hearing is 30 October.
Aug 14, 2019 · CPR Part 2. (1) This rule shows how to calculate any period of time for doing any act which is specified –. (a) by these Rules; (b) by a practice direction; or. (c) by a judgment or order of the court. (2) A period of time expressed as a number of days shall be computed as clear days.
Oct 30, 2023 · This Practice Note explains how to calculate a period of time for doing an act required by the Civil Procedure Rules (or associated practice directions) or a judgment or order of the court. It also considers the meaning of clear days and business days.
Mar 7, 2017 · Wednesday and Thursday provide the 2 clear days, with Good Friday, Easter Saturday, Sunday and Monday not counting. Therefore, in this instance, 7 days before the hearing – suddenly the 2 days turn into 7 days.
