When is the deadline for service of summons for appearance before the court?
The catalogue records a 4 days period from Day on which the defendant is required to appear before the Court (the return date on the summons). This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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- Period
- 4 days
- Trigger
- Day on which the defendant is required to appear before the Court (the return date on the summons)
- Counting
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- Read with Rule 5/3 ("Every summons must specify the date on which appearance before the Court is required") and Rule 5/17, under which the Court shall not give judgment by default unless satisfied the summons was validly served in due time and the billet tabled in due time. Because 4 days is a period of 7 days or less, Rule 1/3(5) excludes Saturdays, Sundays, public and bank ho