When is the deadline for reply to statement of defence?
The catalogue records a 10 days period from Service of the statement of defence. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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Calculation basis and source
- Period
- 10 days
- Trigger
- Service of the statement of defence
- 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.
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- r 3.02(1) court may extend or abridge; r 3.02(4) extension by filed consent.
- Ten days exceeds the seven-day threshold in r 3.01(1)(b), so holidays are counted. Pleadings close under r 25.05 on the expiry of this period if no reply is delivered, which starts the r 24.01(1)(c) six-month set-down clock.