When is the deadline for leave required to take any step after three years of inactivity?
The catalogue records a 3 years period from the day on which any party last took a step in the proceeding. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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Calculation basis and source
- Period
- 3 years
- Trigger
- the day on which any party last took a step in the proceeding
- Counting
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- Rollovers and holidays
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- Leave of the Court or a Justice is required to take any step once the period has run. This is a gateway requirement rather than an extendable deadline; there is no test prescribed in the rule and it is not computed here.
- This is a threshold rather than a deadline to act. It marks the point at which a dormant proceeding can no longer be revived unilaterally, even by giving notice under r 4.03.1. Rollover is 'none' because nothing is required to be done on the last day; the effect is simply that the leave requirement is engaged. Separately, r 28.01.1 permits dismissal for want of prosecution where a plaintiff or applicant has not prosecuted a proceeding with due diligence, and r 42.16 makes equivalent provision for appeals.