When is the deadline for taking out the summons for directions?
The catalogue records a 1 month period from Deemed close of pleadings (Order 18, rule 20). This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
In preparation
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Calculation basis and source
- Period
- 1 month
- Trigger
- Deemed close of pleadings (Order 18, rule 20)
- 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.
This route remains in preparation until a pinpoint official source is recorded.
- Two dates: the one calendar month deadline to issue, and the minimum 14-day return period. Where the O.24 r.2(1) discovery period has been extended by consent or order, O.25 r.1(3) substitutes 14 days after the expiry of that extended period for the one month. The rule does not apply to the actions listed in r.1(2), including those in which Order 14 or Order 86 judgment has bee