When is the deadline for earliest date on which default judgment may be sought?
The catalogue records a 28 days period from Service of the statement of claim on the defendant. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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- Period
- 28 days
- Trigger
- Service of the statement of claim on the defendant
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- Not applicable: this marks the opening of an entitlement rather than the closing of an obligation. The court's discretion is exercised on any later application to set the judgment aside.
- Not a deadline against the plaintiff but the date from which default judgment becomes available under UCPR Pt 16 (including r 16.6 for a debt or liquidated claim). Encoded as non-binding so it is surfaced as an entitlement date. r 16.2(2) qualifies default where the defendant has made a payment towards a liquidated claim under r 6.17 or has filed an acknowledgment of the claim. Where the court has directed another time for the defence under r 14.3(1), or has allowed further time, that governs. Pinpoint narrowed on verification to r 16.2(1)(a).