When is the deadline for file certificate of service, commercial and civil division?
The catalogue records a 21 days period from Service of the claim form, but only where the claim form was not served on the defendant by the registry under r.15(2); and the obligation falls away if all other parties file acknowledgments of service within the 21 days. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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- Period
- 21 days
- Trigger
- Service of the claim form, but only where the claim form was not served on the defendant by the registry under r.15(2); and the obligation falls away if all other parties file acknowledgments of service within the 21 days
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- Rule 21(2) sets different periods by division: 14 days for a proposed Fast Track case (b), 28 days in the Real Property Division (c), 14 days for a short-term residential lease claim (d), 21 days in the Employment Division (e) and 14 days in the Small Claims Division (f). Filing is a precondition to default judgment. Corrected on verification: The 21 days and the sub-rule are r