When is the deadline for file and serve skeleton arguments on appeal?
The catalogue records a 21 days period from Filing of the appellant's notice or respondent's notice, where the skeleton argument did not accompany it; or, for a respondent who files no respondent's notice, the date of the appeal hearing. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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- 21 days
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- Filing of the appellant's notice or respondent's notice, where the skeleton argument did not accompany it; or, for a respondent who files no respondent's notice, the date of the appeal hearing
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- Extendable by the court under rule 3.1(2)(a), which extends to practice directions. Rule 20.12 bars the parties from agreeing to extend any time limit set by the relevant practice direction in respect of an appeal, so a consent extension between solicitors is ineffective here.
- Two distinct deadlines in one entry: the 21 day forward-counting deadline for a skeleton that could not accompany the notice (paragraphs 17 and 46), and a 7 day backward-counting deadline before the appeal hearing for a respondent who files a skeleton without a respondent's notice (paragraph 47). Because that second period is 7 days, rule 2.4(4) excludes days that are not busin