England and Wales · Court of Appeal and Supreme Court
When are Supreme Court respondent and intervener cases due?
UKSC PD 5.18 ordinarily requires respondent and intervener written cases 6 weeks before the proposed hearing date. Establish the party’s participation or intervention permission and actual directions first.
- Period
- 6 weeks before the proposed hearing date, subject to actual directions
- Trigger
- Proposed date of the hearing
- Rule
- UKSC PD 5.18 and Supreme Court Rules 2024, rule 28
UKSC PD 5.18 and Supreme Court Rules 2024, rule 28 and its official supporting provisions were retained on October 8, 2026. This review concerns when are supreme court respondent and intervener cases due, not an earlier rule edition or a different appeal route.
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The ordinary respondent and intervener stage is six weeks before the proposed hearing, following the appellant’s eight-week case. A respondent must have completed the participation procedure, and an intervener needs the applicable permission or statutory right. The timetable does not itself create either status.
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When are Supreme Court respondent and intervener cases due?
UKSC PD 5.18 ordinarily requires respondent and intervener written cases 6 weeks before the proposed hearing date. Establish the party’s participation or intervention permission and actual directions first.
Responsible actor. The participating respondent or permitted intervener.
The ordinary respondent and intervener stage is six weeks before the proposed hearing, following the appellant’s eight-week case.
PD 5.18 specifies six weeks before the proposed hearing date.
A respondent must have completed the participation procedure, and an intervener needs the applicable permission or statutory right. The timetable does not itself create either status.
UKSC PD 5.18 and Supreme Court Rules 2024, rule 28How does this provision count time?
- UKSC PD 5.18 ordinarily requires respondent and intervener written cases 6 weeks before the proposed hearing date. Establish the party’s participation or intervention permission and actual directions first.
- No. Rule 24 and the intervention directions determine status; the timetable alone does not grant it.
- File the proper written case and serve other parties. Interveners must stay within the permitted issues and the separate intervention conditions.
The event specified by UKSC PD 5.18 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 5.18 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 5.18 and Supreme Court Rules 2024, rule 28Which facts prevent one automatic date?
The ordinary respondent and intervener stage is six weeks before the proposed hearing, following the appellant’s eight-week case. A respondent must have completed the participation procedure, and an intervener needs the applicable permission or statutory right. The timetable does not itself create either status.
The proposed hearing is December 10,2026. A participating respondent and a permitted intervener prepare their respective written cases. UKSC PD 5.18 ordinarily requires respondent and intervener written cases 6 weeks before the proposed hearing date. Establish the party’s participation or intervention permission and actual directions first. File the proper written case and serve other parties. Interveners must stay within the permitted issues and the separate intervention conditions.
The ordinary 42-day endpoint associated with UKSC PD 5.18 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 5.18 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.
An intended intervener wishes to file a written case without establishing intervention permission or a statutory right. PD 5.18 specifies six weeks before the proposed hearing date. The ordinary respondent and intervener stage is six weeks before the proposed hearing, following the appellant’s eight-week case.
Which conditions and exceptions apply?
- Established procedural branch
- A respondent must have completed the participation procedure, and an intervener needs the applicable permission or statutory right. The timetable does not itself create either status.
- Required completion
- File the proper written case and serve other parties. Interveners must stay within the permitted issues and the separate intervention conditions.
- Related procedure distinction
- The ordinary respondent and intervener stage is six weeks before the proposed hearing, following the appellant’s eight-week case.
- A respondent must have completed the participation procedure, and an intervener needs the applicable permission or statutory right. The timetable does not itself create either status.
- The ordinary respondent and intervener stage is six weeks before the proposed hearing, following the appellant’s eight-week case.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When are Supreme Court respondent and intervener cases due?
What is the ordinary respondent written-case interval?
PD 5.18 specifies six weeks before the proposed hearing date.
UKSC PD 5.18 and Supreme Court Rules 2024, rule 28Does meeting this interval create a right to intervene?
No. Rule 24 and the intervention directions determine status; the timetable alone does not grant it.
UKSC PD 5.18 and Supreme Court Rules 2024, rule 28Can an intervener introduce issues outside the permitted appeal?
Rule 28(3) limits intervener submissions to the identified appeal, cross-appeal or acknowledgment issues.
UKSC PD 5.18 and Supreme Court Rules 2024, rule 28Can respondents with separate interests file separate cases?
Rule 28(2) allows that at the separate respondent’s own risk as to costs.
UKSC PD 5.18 and Supreme Court Rules 2024, rule 28Is the appellant’s ordinary written case due at the same stage?
No. PD 5.17 uses eight weeks for the appellant and 5.18 uses six for respondents and interveners.
UKSC PD 5.18 and Supreme Court Rules 2024, rule 28Why is no unconditional backward date supplied?
Participation status, the proposed hearing and the actual filing and service directions need establishment.
UKSC PD 5.18 and Supreme Court Rules 2024, rule 28Official sources and review
Provisions used (3)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| UKSC PD 5.18 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 |