When is the deadline for close of pleadings where a reply or defence to counterclaim is served?
The catalogue records a 21 days period from Service of the reply or, if there is no reply but only a defence to counterclaim, service of the defence to counterclaim. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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- Period
- 21 days
- Trigger
- Service of the reply or, if there is no reply but only a defence to counterclaim, service of the defence to counterclaim
- Counting
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- Rollovers and holidays
- Holiday, closure and order treatment must be independently documented before publication.
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- Close of pleadings is the anchor date for discovery (Order 24 rule 2), medical evidence (Order 25), payment into court (Order 22 rule 1) and setting down (Order 34 rule 2). An engine must compute it before those. Rule 20(2) makes clear pleadings close even if outstanding particulars have not been supplied.