When is the deadline for exchange of witness statements?
The catalogue records a 98 days period from Hearing of the summons for directions. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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- Period
- 98 days
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- Hearing of the summons for directions
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- Critical trap for the calculation engine and for practitioners: the closing sentence disapplies Order 3, rule 5(3), so a witness statement deadline set under this rule CANNOT be extended by written consent between the parties. An application to the Court is required. Statements must be exchanged simultaneously where more than one party serves (r.2A(4)(c)). Mirrors the English R