When is the deadline for response to an acat civil dispute application?
The catalogue records a 21 days period from service of the civil dispute application on the respondent. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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- Period
- 21 days
- Trigger
- service of the civil dispute application on the respondent
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- Rule 107 (2): the tribunal may order that a response be lodged by a date less than 21 days after service, on application by a party or on its own initiative; the registrar must then notify the respondent in writing of that date.
- Rule 37 (2) is the general obligation to lodge a response within the time specified. Service is deemed under r 26: post is deemed served 7 days after the day it is posted, and email or personal delivery on the day if before 4.30 pm and otherwise the next day.