When is the deadline for acknowledgment of service of a s.47a claim form?
The catalogue records a 7 days period from Receipt of the copy of the claim form. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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- Period
- 7 days
- Trigger
- Receipt of the copy of the claim form
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- Extendable under rule 19(2)(m). The Registrar's service direction under rule 33(3) may itself specify the time for acknowledging service and the calculation of that limit, so check the direction before applying the seven-day default.
- Rule 33(5): where the claim form is served on a foreign defendant, this period is varied to accord with CPR Part 6 (for proceedings treated as taking place in England and Wales). Consequence of missing it: default judgment is available under rule 42(1)(a), though it is discretionary. Diarise alongside the rule 34 jurisdiction deadline, which runs from the date of filing the ack