England and Wales · Court of Appeal and Supreme Court
When must the appellant file its Supreme Court written case?
UKSC PD 5.17 ordinarily requires the appellant’s written case 8 weeks before the proposed hearing date. Establish the actual proposed date, applicable directions, and filing and service requirements before selecting a completion date.
- Period
- 8 weeks before the proposed hearing date, subject to actual directions
- Trigger
- Proposed date of the hearing
- Rule
- UKSC PD 5.17 and Supreme Court Rules 2024, rule 28
UKSC PD 5.17 and Supreme Court Rules 2024, rule 28 and its official supporting provisions were retained on October 8, 2026. This review concerns when must the appellant file its supreme court written case, not an earlier rule edition or a different appeal route.
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The appellant case precedes respondent and intervener cases by the ordinary two-week interval. Hearing bundles have a separate twenty-eight-day timetable. This written-case timetable follows the statement of facts and issues. A proposed hearing date, rather than a listing-window letter from another court, supplies the anchor.
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When must the appellant file its Supreme Court written case?
UKSC PD 5.17 ordinarily requires the appellant’s written case 8 weeks before the proposed hearing date. Establish the actual proposed date, applicable directions, and filing and service requirements before selecting a completion date.
Responsible actor. The appellant filing and serving its written case.
The appellant case precedes respondent and intervener cases by the ordinary two-week interval. Hearing bundles have a separate twenty-eight-day timetable.
PD 5.17 specifies eight weeks before the proposed hearing date.
This written-case timetable follows the statement of facts and issues. A proposed hearing date, rather than a listing-window letter from another court, supplies the anchor.
UKSC PD 5.17 and Supreme Court Rules 2024, rule 28How does this provision count time?
- UKSC PD 5.17 ordinarily requires the appellant’s written case 8 weeks before the proposed hearing date. Establish the actual proposed date, applicable directions, and filing and service requirements before selecting a completion date.
- No. This is the Supreme Court proposed-hearing written-case timetable.
- File the written case and serve other parties under rule 28 and PD 5. Comply with the written-case content and length requirements or obtain the necessary permission.
The event specified by UKSC PD 5.17 and Supreme Court Rules 2024, rule 28 controls this period. Establish that event before applying its backward hearing interval. The Court of Appeal clear-days model is not a substitute for the Supreme Court provision.
For UKSC PD 5.17 and Supreme Court Rules 2024, rule 28, rule 6(4)(a) extends Registry acts to the next Registry-open day. PD 2.3 includes weekends, England/Wales bank holidays and the Christmas vacation. A separate service act requires method-specific treatment; verify exceptional directions and portal downtime.
UKSC PD 5.17 and Supreme Court Rules 2024, rule 28Which facts prevent one automatic date?
The appellant case precedes respondent and intervener cases by the ordinary two-week interval. Hearing bundles have a separate twenty-eight-day timetable. This written-case timetable follows the statement of facts and issues. A proposed hearing date, rather than a listing-window letter from another court, supplies the anchor.
The proposed Supreme Court hearing is December 10,2026. The appellant prepares its written case under the ordinary eight-week proposed-hearing timetable. UKSC PD 5.17 ordinarily requires the appellant’s written case 8 weeks before the proposed hearing date. Establish the actual proposed date, applicable directions, and filing and service requirements before selecting a completion date. File the written case and serve other parties under rule 28 and PD 5. Comply with the written-case content and length requirements or obtain the necessary permission.
The ordinary 56-day endpoint associated with UKSC PD 5.17 and Supreme Court Rules 2024, rule 28 falls during a weekend or the Registry Christmas closure, and no contrary direction is yet established. For UKSC PD 5.17 and Supreme Court Rules 2024, rule 28, rule 6(4)(a) extends Registry acts to the next Registry-open day. PD 2.3 includes weekends, England/Wales bank holidays and the Christmas vacation. A separate service act requires method-specific treatment; verify exceptional directions and portal downtime. Establish the actual minimum hearing interval and completion act before relying on one deadline for this procedure.
The hearing date initially proposed by the Registry changes before the appellant’s case is filed. PD 5.17 specifies eight weeks before the proposed hearing date. The appellant case precedes respondent and intervener cases by the ordinary two-week interval. Hearing bundles have a separate twenty-eight-day timetable.
Which conditions and exceptions apply?
- Established procedural branch
- This written-case timetable follows the statement of facts and issues. A proposed hearing date, rather than a listing-window letter from another court, supplies the anchor.
- Required completion
- File the written case and serve other parties under rule 28 and PD 5. Comply with the written-case content and length requirements or obtain the necessary permission.
- Related procedure distinction
- The appellant case precedes respondent and intervener cases by the ordinary two-week interval. Hearing bundles have a separate twenty-eight-day timetable.
- This written-case timetable follows the statement of facts and issues. A proposed hearing date, rather than a listing-window letter from another court, supplies the anchor.
- The appellant case precedes respondent and intervener cases by the ordinary two-week interval. Hearing bundles have a separate twenty-eight-day timetable.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When must the appellant file its Supreme Court written case?
What is the ordinary appellant written-case interval?
PD 5.17 specifies eight weeks before the proposed hearing date.
UKSC PD 5.17 and Supreme Court Rules 2024, rule 28Does a Court of Appeal listing-window letter supply the anchor?
No. This is the Supreme Court proposed-hearing written-case timetable.
UKSC PD 5.17 and Supreme Court Rules 2024, rule 28Must the written case be served as well as filed?
Rule 28 requires filing the parties’ cases and serving them on other parties in accordance with the practice direction.
UKSC PD 5.17 and Supreme Court Rules 2024, rule 28Can substantive case requirements be ignored if the date is met?
No. PD 5 contains separate content, format and length requirements.
UKSC PD 5.17 and Supreme Court Rules 2024, rule 28Does an original appellant in a cross-appeal use the eight-week stage?
PD 4.43 describes the original appeal case at eight weeks and the cross-appellant response at six weeks.
UKSC PD 5.17 and Supreme Court Rules 2024, rule 28Why is the generic backward date not an automatic answer?
The proposed date, directions, service route and Registry handling must be established for this currently unmodeled branch.
UKSC PD 5.17 and Supreme Court Rules 2024, rule 28Official sources and review
Provisions used (3)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| UKSC PD 5.17 and Supreme Court Rules 2024, rule 28 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Supreme Court Rules 2024, rules 6–8 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| UKSC PD2.3–2.5 and filing and service guidance | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |