When is the deadline for defendant's written evidence?
The catalogue records a 21 days period from The date by which the defendant was required to acknowledge service. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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- Period
- 21 days
- Trigger
- The date by which the defendant was required to acknowledge service
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- A standard direction that applies only 'unless the court orders otherwise' (PD 62 para 6.1). In any substantial challenge the court commonly sets a bespoke timetable, and the parties frequently agree extensions. Routinely varied.
- The trigger is the date acknowledgment was DUE, not the date it was actually filed, so a late acknowledgment does not push this date back. The second limb of para 6.2 covers the case where the defendant was not required to acknowledge service, running 21 days from service of the arbitration claim form. Where the court has extended the s.70(3) period, CPR 62.9(3)(c) restarts thi