England and Wales · Competition Appeal Tribunal
When must I file documents after a court transfers a claim to the CAT?
The person bringing the transferred claim files the required documents within seven days after the court’s transfer order, unless that court directs another period. Include the certified order, existing documents and requested directions.
- Period
- Seven days, unless the transferring court directs another period
- Trigger
- The actual court order transferring all or part of the proceedings
- Rule
- Competition Appeal Tribunal Rules 2015, rule 72(1)-(3)
Reviewed against the retained current official sources. A court has made an actual transfer order covering the claim or part of it.
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When must I file documents after a court transfers a claim to the CAT?
The person bringing the transferred claim files the required documents within seven days after the court’s transfer order, unless that court directs another period. Include the certified order, existing documents and requested directions.
Responsible actor. The person bringing the transferred claim.
The actual court order transferring all or part of the proceedings
A court has made an actual transfer order covering the claim or part of it.
A court has made an actual transfer order covering the claim or part of it. The order does not direct a different document-filing period. The actual order date is established; its later receipt is not substituted as the statutory trigger.
Competition Appeal Tribunal Rules 2015, rule 72(1)-(3)How does this provision count time?
- Exclude the day of the actual court order transferring all or part of the proceedings. Count 7 calendar days under Rule 112(2), including intervening weekends and bank holidays.
- For file the certified transfer order, existing pleadings and supporting documents, and requested directions., Rule 112(5) carries a final weekend or bank holiday to the next nonclosed day. Completion ordinarily occurs before 5PM under Rule 112(1).
Exclude the day of the actual court order transferring all or part of the proceedings. Count 7 calendar days under Rule 112(2), including intervening weekends and bank holidays.
For file the certified transfer order, existing pleadings and supporting documents, and requested directions., Rule 112(5) carries a final weekend or bank holiday to the next nonclosed day. Completion ordinarily occurs before 5PM under Rule 112(1).
Competition Appeal Tribunal Rules 2015, rule 72(1)-(3)What do independently checked examples show?
Fictitious example
Fictitious established ordinary branch. The actual court order transferring all or part of the proceedings is Tuesday, October 13, 2026.
| Step | What is counted | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Example 1. Ordinary established facts | Fictitious established ordinary branch. The actual court order transferring all or part of the proceedings is Tuesday, October 13, 2026. CAT 112 excludes the actual starting day. Intervening weekends count. Carry the final required-act weekend or bank holiday under 112(5). | Tuesday, October 20, 2026 |
| Example 2. Closed-day boundary | Fictitious boundary or material scenario. CAT 112 excludes the actual starting day. Intervening weekends count. Carry the final required-act weekend or bank holiday under 112(5). CAT 112 excludes the actual starting day. Intervening weekends count. Carry the final required-act weekend or bank holiday under 112(5). | Tuesday, December 29, 2026 |
| Example 3. Material procedural branch | Fictitious boundary or material scenario. The transferring court’s actual order expressly requires the documents within three days. The transferring court’s actual order expressly requires the documents within three days. | The transferring court’s actual order expressly requires the documents within three days. |
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?
- Applicable procedure
- A court has made an actual transfer order covering the claim or part of it.
- Actual triggering facts
- The order does not direct a different document-filing period.
- Material qualification
- The actual order date is established; its later receipt is not substituted as the statutory trigger.
- Counting and completion
- Exclude the day of the actual court order transferring all or part of the proceedings. Count 7 calendar days under Rule 112(2), including intervening weekends and bank holidays. For file the certified transfer order, existing pleadings and supporting documents, and requested directions., Rule 112(5) carries a final weekend or bank holiday to the next nonclosed day. Completion ordinarily occurs before 5PM under Rule 112(1).
- A court has made an actual transfer order covering the claim or part of it. The order does not direct a different document-filing period. The actual order date is established; its later receipt is not substituted as the statutory trigger.
- The order does not direct a different document-filing period.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When must I file documents after a court transfers a claim to the CAT?
Does receipt of the transfer order start the seven days?
Rule 72(2) uses the court’s transfer order, not later personal receipt. Establish the actual order date and any different directed period.
Competition Appeal Tribunal Rules 2015, rule 72(2)Can the transferring court set another period?
Yes. Rule 72(2) expressly allows the transferring court to direct another period. Use the actual direction rather than seven days automatically.
Competition Appeal Tribunal Rules 2015, rule 72(2)Must I file a certified copy of the transfer order?
Yes. The required documents include a certified copy, alongside the existing pleadings and supporting documents.
Competition Appeal Tribunal Rules 2015, rule 72(2)(a)-(b)Must I identify directions sought for the transferred claim?
Yes. Rule 72(2)(c) includes any directions sought for further progress of the claim.
Competition Appeal Tribunal Rules 2015, rule 72(2)(c)Does transfer immediately fix a new hearing date?
No. A case-management conference is held as soon as practicable after receipt of the required documents. It is a separate procedural step.
Competition Appeal Tribunal Rules 2015, rule 72(3)Does this rule apply only when the entire case is transferred?
No. Rule 72(1) covers transfer of all or part of any proceedings. Identify precisely what the court transferred.
Competition Appeal Tribunal Rules 2015, rule 72(1)Official sources and review
Provisions used (8)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Competition Appeal Tribunal Rules 2015, rule 72(1)-(3) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Competition Appeal Tribunal Rules 2015, rule 112(1)-(5) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Competition Appeal Tribunal Rules 2015, rule 111 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Competition Appeal Tribunal Rules 2015, rule 72(2) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Competition Appeal Tribunal Rules 2015, rule 72(2)(a)-(b) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Competition Appeal Tribunal Rules 2015, rule 72(2)(c) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Competition Appeal Tribunal Rules 2015, rule 72(3) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Competition Appeal Tribunal Rules 2015, rule 72(1) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |