Civil procedure deadline
Budget discussion report filing deadline calculator
The parties must normally file an agreed budget discussion report not later than seven days before the first case management conference. Enter the conference date to count backwards.
Rule reviewed
At a glance
What the calculator applies
- Period
- Seven days before the first case management conference
- Trigger
- Date of the first case management conference
- Direction
- Backwards from the conference date
- Counting method
- Seven clear days; the conference date is excluded
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Calculation basis
How the date is counted
Seven clear days; the conference date is excluded
All calendar days count because the period exceeds five days. The calculator applies the encoded court-closure adjustment.
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Exceptions and matter facts
- A court order may set another date and takes priority over the default rule.
- The report should identify the agreed and disputed budget phases using the prescribed form.
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