When is the deadline for file a witness statement in support of opposition or a different order?
The catalogue records a 28 days period from Date of service under rule 9.6, 9.7 or 9.8; or date of notification under rule 9.7(5), 9.8(5), 9.9 or 9.10. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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- Period
- 28 days
- Trigger
- Date of service under rule 9.6, 9.7 or 9.8; or date of notification under rule 9.7(5), 9.8(5), 9.9 or 9.10
- Counting
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- The rule is expressly subject to "unless the court directs otherwise", and is extendable under rule 3.1(2)(a). It is very commonly displaced by case management directions.
- Critical carve-out: the opening note to Practice Direction 3B states "NOTE: Rule 9.12(5) and (7) do not apply where a case is allocated to a case pathway." Since rule 3.9 requires every case started in the Court of Protection to be allocated to one of the three case pathways on issue unless it falls within an excepted class (Practice Direction 3B paragraph 1.1 lists uncontested