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DefenceCalculatorCalculate the CPR 15.4 defence deadline: 14 days after service of particulars, or 28 days where an acknowledgment was filed.14 days, or 28 days where an acknowledgment of service was filed · CPR 15.4 Acknowledgment of serviceCalculatorCalculate the 14-day acknowledgment of service deadline under CPR 10.3 from the deemed service date of the claim form.14 days · CPR 10.3 ET3 responseCalculatorCalculate the 28-day Employment Tribunal response period from the date the Tribunal sent the ET1 claim form.28 days · Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024, Schedule 1, rule 16 Whistleblowing detriment claimCalculatorCalculate the ordinary Employment Tribunal time limit for a whistleblowing detriment complaint, including the calculator’s ACAS Early Conciliation inputs.Three months beginning with the relevant act, failure or last similar act · Employment Rights Act 1996, section 48(3) and (4)Immigration appealCalculatorCalculate the Immigration and Asylum Chamber appeal period for an in-country or out-of-country appeal, with the rule and trigger shown.14 days in-country; 28 days for the stated out-of-country routes · First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Rules 2014, rules 11 and 19 Immigration permission to appealCalculatorCalculate the First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber permission-to-appeal period, with the in-country and outside-UK branches kept separate.14 days; 28 days where the appellant is outside the United Kingdom · First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Rules 2014, rule 33(1) to (3)HMRC or Tax Tribunal appealCalculatorCheck the usual 30-day HMRC or Tax Tribunal appeal route and select the decision, review or tax-specific trigger shown in the source documents.Usually 30 days, subject to the underlying tax route · Tax Tribunal Rules 2009, rule 20; the applicable tax enactment Construction adjudication referralCalculatorCalculate the seven-day referral deadline after a notice of adjudication under the Scheme for Construction Contracts.Seven days · Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996, section 108; Scheme for Construction Contracts, paragraph 7 Statutory demandSource guideCheck the individual statutory-demand set-aside and compliance periods against the Insolvency Rules, with the different corporate route made clear.18 clear days to apply to set aside; 21 clear days to deal with an individual demand · Insolvency Rules 2016, rules 10.1 and 10.4, Schedule 5 Section 8 Ground 8 rent arrears noticeSource guideCheck the current England Section 8 Ground 8 notice period for a private assured tenancy under the current Form 3A route.Four weeks · Housing Act 1988, section 8 as amended by the Renters’ Rights Act 2025

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