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Procedural deadline calculator

Calculate a deadline and inspect the cited rule and counting steps.

Calculator and source coverage reviewed 31 August 2026 · Review methodology

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A result you can inspect

The date never arrives as a bare answer.

Every completed calculation keeps the triggering event, the selected rule, its citation and the ordered calculation steps together. That makes the result quicker to review against the current source before it enters your diary.

  • The jurisdiction and forum selected
  • The triggering event and date
  • The rule ID, version and citation
  • Every counting and calendar adjustment
  • The final date and any warnings

A cited calculation

Choose a jurisdiction to see a local worked example

Select the ruleRule

Choose the court, tribunal or institution and the triggering event

Official source
Enter the dateWorking

The calculator applies the selected counting method

Counting rule
Check the resultResult

Inspect holidays, exceptions, orders and the current source

User check
The date and working appear togetherChoose a jurisdiction

Illustrative result. Check the selected rule, current source and matter facts.

What Professional adds

Follow a calculation after it is saved.

Step through the workflow. See the result enter a matter, reach a subscribed calendar and change without erasing the calculation that came before it.

See ProfessionalIllustrative product demonstration.

Calculation ready. The defence deadline is 14 August 2026.

Matter timeline

Harwood v Lyle Logistics

Ready to save

Defence due

14/08/2026

Claim form served · 14-day period

CPR 15.4

Calculation complete

10:42

Defence due 14/08/2026

CPR 15.4 · ready to save

This demonstration changes only the example above. It does not save your data.

Simple pricing

Choose how you want to keep the calculation.

Professional monitors a matter. A one-off PDF puts one eligible calculation on file. Checkout shows the price in your currency.

Choose a jurisdiction to see local prices

Put one eligible calculation on file

£4.99

one-off · no subscription

A permanent PDF with the inputs, working and citations. Hosted redownload remains available for 30 days.

Calculate for a PDF record

Calculate and check a deadline

£0.00

forever

Calculate free, with the citation and steps shown.

Calculate free

Save and monitor deadlines

£79.99

per year

£9.99 monthly is also available. Payment starts immediately.

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Methodology

Rule-based calculation.

The trigger, period, direction, counting method, calendar and citation are applied in a repeatable calculation you can inspect.

How the engine counts

What is included

See what each calculator covers.

Each jurisdiction page publishes its included forums, source collections and known exclusions. Court orders, local practice and fact-specific discretion are not silently inferred.

Inspect jurisdiction coverage

Review status

Dates and changes are visible.

Coverage pages show their compact rule-review date. Published rule changes are retained in the change log and connected to affected saved matters when possible.

Read the rule change log

Before you calculate or buy

Deadline Engine calculates the procedural deadlines listed on each jurisdiction page. The current catalogue contains 4,021 deadline rules across 20 jurisdictions. Each page shows what is included, when its rules were reviewed and what still needs checking.

Deadline Engine applies the selected rule and shows the citation and calculation steps. It is calculation software, not legal advice, so check the current source, any order and the facts of your matter.

Free gives you the date, citation and calculation steps. Professional saves and monitors deadlines across your matters, with calendar feeds, recalculation history, rule-change warnings and exports.

The formal Evidence Record is a one-off PDF containing the jurisdiction, forum, triggering event, inputs, result, rule ID and version, citation, calculation steps and generation time. It does not start a subscription.

Professional recalculation creates a new version and retains the earlier record. A changed published rule can identify saved matters that may be affected, without silently overwriting their history.

No account is needed to calculate deadlines. An account is required to save and monitor matters with Professional.

Start with the date. Pay only when you want it monitored.

Calculate free with the citation and working visible. Then save the result to a matter or buy a PDF calculation record when the file needs more than an answer.

Deadline Engine provides procedural calculation software, not legal advice. Verify the current rule and matter facts.

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