England and Wales · Civil enforcement
When must a party request reconsideration of a charging court-officer decision?
CPR 73.5(2) requires the party’s reconsideration request to be filed within fourteen days after service of notice of the court officer’s decision.
- Period
- Filing within fourteen days after notice service
- Trigger
- Actual effective service of notice of that decision on the party
- Rule
- CPR 73.5(2)–(3)
Official Justice UK CPR text and legislation.gov.uk statutory XML retained on October 9, 2026. The retained source metadata and acquisition receipts identify each edition. No claim of later amendments or actual local court opening is made.
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When must a party request reconsideration of a charging court-officer decision?
CPR 73.5(2) requires the party’s reconsideration request to be filed within fourteen days after service of notice of the court officer’s decision.
Responsible actor. The party electing reconsideration of the court officer’s charging decision.
Actual effective service of notice of that decision on the party.
Identify the actual court-officer decision and notice service. The date the decision was made or an informal earlier discussion does not replace the stated service event.
Identify the actual court-officer decision and notice service. The date the decision was made or an informal earlier discussion does not replace the stated service event.
CPR 73.5(2)–(3)How does this provision count time?
- Exclude the notice service date and include the fourteenth ordinary final date. This within-period request does not acquire an extra fifteenth date under CPR 2.8.
- The required act is filing. A closed final court-office day can engage CPR 2.8(5), but actual closure and the next open day must be established.
Exclude the notice service date and include the fourteenth ordinary final date. This within-period request does not acquire an extra fifteenth date under CPR 2.8.
The required act is filing. A closed final court-office day can engage CPR 2.8(5), but actual closure and the next open day must be established.
CPR 73.5(2)–(3)What do independently checked examples show?
Fictitious example
The party electing reconsideration of the court officer’s charging decision. The complete operative event occurred on Friday, October 9, 2026. Exclude that day and include the 14th following calendar date, Friday, October 23, 2026. The required act and any notice recipient are established. Additional fictitious established facts. Actual completion office. Fictitious established civil court office. Fictitious individually specified facts. The listed context makes the actual branch, actors, event history and completion facts explicit. Additional dates below are stated hypothetical facts rather than inferred client records.
| Step | What is counted | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Example 1. Ordinary established facts | The party electing reconsideration of the court officer’s charging decision. The complete operative event occurred on Friday, October 9, 2026. Exclude that day and include the 14th following calendar date, Friday, October 23, 2026. The required act and any notice recipient are established. Additional fictitious established facts. Actual completion office. Fictitious established civil court office. Fictitious individually specified facts. The listed context makes the actual branch, actors, event history and completion facts explicit. Additional dates below are stated hypothetical facts rather than inferred client records. The complete operative event occurred on Friday, October 9, 2026. Exclude that day and include the 14th following calendar date, Friday, October 23, 2026. The required act and any notice recipient are established. | Friday, October 23, 2026 |
| Example 2. Closed-day boundary | The party electing reconsideration of the court officer’s charging decision. The ordinary endpoint is Monday, December 28, 2026. The fictitious established court office is closed on that endpoint and next opens December 29. For this court-office completion, CPR 2.8(5) permits December 29. Additional fictitious established facts. Actual completion office. Fictitious established civil court office. Fictitious individually specified facts. The listed context makes the actual branch, actors, event history and completion facts explicit. Additional dates below are stated hypothetical facts rather than inferred client records. The ordinary endpoint is Monday, December 28, 2026. The fictitious established court office is closed on that endpoint and next opens December 29. For this court-office completion, CPR 2.8(5) permits December 29. | Tuesday, December 29, 2026 |
| Example 3. Material procedural branch | The party electing reconsideration of the court officer’s charging decision. The challenged decision was made by a legal adviser, not the court officer under rule 73.5. Select the legal-adviser reconsideration route. Additional fictitious established facts. Actual completion office. Fictitious established civil court office. Fictitious individually specified facts. The listed context makes the actual branch, actors, event history and completion facts explicit. Additional dates below are stated hypothetical facts rather than inferred client records. The challenged decision was made by a legal adviser, not the court officer under rule 73.5. Select the legal-adviser reconsideration route. | Select the legal-adviser reconsideration route. |
Fictitious established facts. These examples do not establish eligibility, effective service, relief or a direction.
Try these dates in the calculatorWhich conditions and exceptions apply?
- Identified actor and operative event
- Identify the actual court-officer decision and notice service. The date the decision was made or an informal earlier discussion does not replace the stated service event.
- Provision-specific counting and closure
- Exclude the notice service date and include the fourteenth ordinary final date. This within-period request does not acquire an extra fifteenth date under CPR 2.8. The required act is filing. A closed final court-office day can engage CPR 2.8(5), but actual closure and the next open day must be established.
- Required completion and separate procedural route
- The party chooses whether to request reconsideration. A request through this route must meet the fourteen-day filing period and identify the court-officer decision being challenged.
- Identify the actual court-officer decision and notice service. The date the decision was made or an informal earlier discussion does not replace the stated service event.
- A legal adviser’s decision has the separate rule 73.10ZA route, with service or awareness wording. Do not import that alternative event into rule 73.5.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When must a party request reconsideration of a charging court-officer decision?
Can the decision date replace service of the court-officer notice?
Rule 73.5(2) uses service on the party of notice of the decision. Preserve the actual service event.
CPR 73.5(2)Is this reconsideration open under rule 73.5 to any interested nonparty?
Paragraph (1) refers to a party. The separate legal-adviser route refers to any interested person; do not merge their actor scopes.
CPR 73.5(1); 73.10ZA(1)Does an informal request to the creditor satisfy the court-officer filing period?
No. Paragraph (2) requires a request for reconsideration to be filed. Preserve the actual court filing.
CPR 73.5(2)Will court-officer reconsideration necessarily have a hearing?
Paragraph (3) states reconsideration will take place without a hearing. The date calculation does not create a hearing listing.
CPR 73.5(3)Does fourteen clear days mean the party gets a fifteenth final filing date?
Not for this within-period act. The start date is excluded and the ordinary fourteenth final date included under CPR 2.8’s distinction.
CPR 73.5(2); 2.8(3), example (iii)Can the actual court office’s final-day closure matter to filing?
CPR 2.8(5) addresses an act at the court office when the specified period ends while that office is closed. Retain the actual closure and next opening.
CPR 73.5(2); 2.8(5)Official sources and review
Provisions used (12)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| CPR 73.5(2)–(3) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| CPR 2.8(2)–(5) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| CPR 6.26 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| CPR 73.5(2) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| CPR 73.5(1) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| CPR 73.10ZA(1) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| CPR 73.5(3) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| CPR 2.8(3), example (iii) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| CPR 2.8(5) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| CPR 73.5(1); 73.10ZA(1) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| CPR 73.5(2); 2.8(3), example (iii) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| CPR 73.5(2); 2.8(5) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |