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When is a Bermuda discovery verification affidavit required?
Within fourteen days after notice service. Make and file the affidavit and serve a copy on the requesting party. The requesting party must be entitled to discovery under rule 2. The notice is available before the summons for directions is taken out.
- Period
- Within fourteen days after notice service
- Trigger
- Service of the verification notice before the directions summons is taken out
- Rule
- Rules of the Supreme Court 1985 (GN 470/1985), Order 24, rule 2(7)
Rules of the Supreme Court 1985 (GN 470/1985), Order 24, rule 2(7). Official consolidated body retrieved October 10, 2026. Bermuda Laws Online states laws amended through August 11, 2026. The consolidation includes BR 10/2024, BR 4/2025 and BR 13/2026, each retained separately.
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The requesting party must be entitled to discovery under rule 2. The notice is available before the summons for directions is taken out. Establish service of the verification notice before the directions summons is taken out and the actual completion required to make and file the affidavit and serve a copy on the requesting party.
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When is a Bermuda discovery verification affidavit required?
Within fourteen days after notice service. Make and file the affidavit and serve a copy on the requesting party. The requesting party must be entitled to discovery under rule 2. The notice is available before the summons for directions is taken out.
Responsible actor. Party served with a valid notice requiring verification.
Service of the verification notice before the directions summons is taken out.
The requesting party must be entitled to discovery under rule 2. The notice is available before the summons for directions is taken out.
The requesting party must be entitled to discovery under rule 2. The notice is available before the summons for directions is taken out.
Rules of the Supreme Court 1985 (GN 470/1985), Order 24, rule 2(7)How does this provision count time?
- Establish service of the verification notice before the directions summons is taken out.
- Make and file the affidavit and serve a copy on the requesting party.
- Use verification-notice service, not initial closure or list service. Filing and copy service both require completion.
- Registry closure can affect the filing act under Order 3 rule 4. It does not automatically carry the separate service obligation.
Use verification-notice service, not initial closure or list service. Filing and copy service both require completion.
Registry closure can affect the filing act under Order 3 rule 4. It does not automatically carry the separate service obligation.
Rules of the Supreme Court 1985 (GN 470/1985), Order 24, rule 2(7)Which facts prevent one automatic date?
The requesting party must be entitled to discovery under rule 2. The notice is available before the summons for directions is taken out. Establish service of the verification notice before the directions summons is taken out and the actual completion required to make and file the affidavit and serve a copy on the requesting party.
Party served with a valid notice requiring verification establishes service of the verification notice before the directions summons is taken out. Use verification-notice service, not initial closure or list service. Filing and copy service both require completion. Within fourteen days after notice service. Make and file the affidavit and serve a copy on the requesting party. Establish actual completion before calculating a final date.
A proposed boundary intersects a closure or holiday while the party seeks to make and file the affidavit and serve a copy on the requesting party. Registry closure can affect the filing act under Order 3 rule 4. It does not automatically carry the separate service obligation. Establish the applicable computation and completion rule. No assumed carried date is supplied.
The verification request is first served after the directions summons has been taken out. The requesting party must be entitled to discovery under rule 2. The notice is available before the summons for directions is taken out. Resolve the changed source branch and required act. The nominal period alone does not establish this scenario.
Which conditions and exceptions apply?
- Actual procedure and branch
- The requesting party must be entitled to discovery under rule 2. The notice is available before the summons for directions is taken out.
- Count and complete the actual act
- Use verification-notice service, not initial closure or list service. Filing and copy service both require completion. Registry closure can affect the filing act under Order 3 rule 4. It does not automatically carry the separate service obligation.
- Actor and required completion
- Party served with a valid notice requiring verification. Make and file the affidavit and serve a copy on the requesting party.
- The requesting party must be entitled to discovery under rule 2. The notice is available before the summons for directions is taken out.
- Party served with a valid notice requiring verification. Service of the verification notice before the directions summons is taken out. Make and file the affidavit and serve a copy on the requesting party. The requesting party must be entitled to discovery under rule 2. The notice is available before the summons for directions is taken out.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When is a Bermuda discovery verification affidavit required?
Does every list automatically need an affidavit?
Rule 2(7) addresses a notice requiring verification.
Rules of the Supreme Court 1985 (GN 470/1985), Order 24, rule 2(7)Who can request verification?
A party to whom discovery is required under the rule.
Rules of the Supreme Court 1985 (GN 470/1985), Order 24, rule 2(7)What is the request’s procedural limit?
It must be served before the summons for directions is taken out.
Rules of the Supreme Court 1985 (GN 470/1985), Order 24, rule 2(7)What starts the response period?
Service of the verification notice.
Rules of the Supreme Court 1985 (GN 470/1985), Order 24, rule 2(7)Is filing alone enough?
No. Rule 2(7) also requires a copy to be served on the requesting party.
Rules of the Supreme Court 1985 (GN 470/1985), Order 24, rule 2(7)Does the affidavit replace the list?
No. It verifies the list required under paragraph (1).
Rules of the Supreme Court 1985 (GN 470/1985), Order 24, rule 2(7)Official sources and review
Provisions used (7)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Rules of the Supreme Court 1985 (GN 470/1985), Order 24, rule 2(7) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Order 3 rules 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Rules of the Supreme Court Amendment Rules 2025, Order 18 rule 12 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Rules of the Supreme Court Amendment Rules 2026, new Order 14A | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Interpretation Act 1951, sections 7–9 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Public Holidays Act 1947, sections 3–6 and Schedule | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Rules of the Supreme Court Amendment Rules 2024, Order 62 and Schedule | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |