When is the deadline for validity of writ for service?
The catalogue records a 12 months period from Date of issue of the writ. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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Calculation basis and source
- Period
- 12 months
- Trigger
- Date of issue of the writ
- Counting
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- Note the inclusive computation: 'beginning with the date of its issue', so the day of issue counts, unlike the ordinary O.3 r.2(2) rule. This mirrors the old English RSC 1965 O.6 r.8(1) (12 months) rather than the current English CPR 7.5 (4 months for the jurisdiction). By Order 7, rule 6, Order 6, rule 8 applies to originating summonses in the same way, so an originating summo