When is the deadline for deemed discontinuance for inactivity?
The catalogue records a 12 months period from Last step or proceeding taken in the action, cause or matter appearing from the Court's records. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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- Period
- 12 months
- Trigger
- Last step or proceeding taken in the action, cause or matter appearing from the Court's records
- Counting
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- Rollovers and holidays
- Holiday, closure and order treatment must be independently documented before publication.
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- Does not apply where the action has been stayed by order of court: O. 16, r. 2(8). An extension must be applied for before the year elapses: O. 16, r. 2(9). Reinstatement is possible under O. 16, r. 2(10). A separate deemed discontinuance arises under O. 16, r. 2(6) where no memorandum of service is filed within 12 months after the validity of the originating claim for service