When is the deadline for file the bundle before the final management hearing and the final hearing?
The catalogue records a 3 days period from Date of the Final Management Hearing, or of the Final Hearing. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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- Period
- 3 days
- Trigger
- Date of the Final Management Hearing, or of the Final Hearing
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- Extendable or abridgeable by the court under rule 3.1(2)(a). There is however a real and expressly stated consequence: under paragraphs 2.6(4) and 2.7(3) the court will consider whether to adjourn the hearing and, if it does so, will consider making an order as to costs. That is a discretionary costs risk, not an automatic sanction.
- Because this is a 3 day period it engages rule 2.4(4): days that are not business days do not count. Note the overlap with Practice Direction 4B paragraph 6.3, which requires the bundle to be lodged with the court "not less than 3 working days before the hearing, or at such other time as may be specified by the judge", and Practice Direction 4B paragraph 6.1, which requires the