When is the deadline for reply to defence?
The catalogue records a 14 days period from Being served with the defence. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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Calculation basis and source
- Period
- 14 days
- Trigger
- Being served with the defence
- Counting
- The encoded calculator method must be independently documented before publication.
- Rollovers and holidays
- Holiday, closure and order treatment must be independently documented before publication.
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- r 1.39.
- A reply is only required where the applicant wants to plead a r 16.08 matter. Pleadings close at the end of the latest of the times fixed for filing a defence or reply (r 16.12), even if particulars have not been provided. r 1.61(5) Christmas exclusion applies.