Hong Kong · civil procedure
What period applies to interlocutory respondent notice?
14 days after notice-of-appeal service. Serve respondent notice with grounds and requested order; furnish copies to Registrar separately. Unspecified relief or grounds ordinarily require leave under rule 6(2).
- Period
- 14 days after notice-of-appeal service
- Trigger
- Service on the respondent of the interlocutory notice of appeal
- Rule
- Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 59, rule 6(3)(a)
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What period applies to interlocutory respondent notice?
14 days after notice-of-appeal service. Serve respondent notice with grounds and requested order; furnish copies to Registrar separately. Unspecified relief or grounds ordinarily require leave under rule 6(2).
Responsible actor. Respondent electing a variation, different ground or cross-appeal.
Service on the respondent of the interlocutory notice of appeal
14 days after notice-of-appeal service
Respondent electing a variation, different ground or cross-appeal. Interlocutory appeal; Rule 6(1) contention elected; All directly affected parties identified. The Registrar-copy duty is within two days after actual respondent-notice service, a separate short-period event.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 59, rule 6(3)(a)How does this provision count time?
- Serve respondent notice with grounds and requested order; furnish copies to Registrar separately
- Respondent electing a variation, different ground or cross-appeal uses the established service on the respondent of the interlocutory notice of appeal. 14 days after notice-of-appeal service. Exclude the effective event day. Ordinary intervening weekends remain counted unless an applicable source provision excludes them. High Court Ordinance (Cap. 4), section 31(1), omits Summer Vacation for the applicable civil procedural period not exceeding one month unless the Court directs otherwise. Order 64 rule 1 supplies August 1 through August 31. Order 3 rule 3 separately covers pleading periods.
- Serve respondent notice with grounds and requested order; furnish copies to Registrar separately. An office calendar does not automatically change this service, deemed-event, minimum-interval or status boundary. The source and the actual completion route control. Unspecified relief or grounds ordinarily require leave under rule 6(2).
- Unspecified relief or grounds ordinarily require leave under rule 6(2).
- A closed interparty or combined endpoint needs separate source qualification. An ordinary weekday calculation does not certify this boundary.
Respondent electing a variation, different ground or cross-appeal uses the established service on the respondent of the interlocutory notice of appeal. 14 days after notice-of-appeal service. Exclude the effective event day. Ordinary intervening weekends remain counted unless an applicable source provision excludes them. High Court Ordinance (Cap. 4), section 31(1), omits Summer Vacation for the applicable civil procedural period not exceeding one month unless the Court directs otherwise. Order 64 rule 1 supplies August 1 through August 31. Order 3 rule 3 separately covers pleading periods.
Serve respondent notice with grounds and requested order; furnish copies to Registrar separately. An office calendar does not automatically change this service, deemed-event, minimum-interval or status boundary. The source and the actual completion route control. Unspecified relief or grounds ordinarily require leave under rule 6(2). This closed interparty or combined filing and service boundary is withheld pending separate qualification of section71 and the applicable Court procedure. The calculator refuses that boundary.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 59, rule 6(3)(a)What do independently checked examples show?
Fictitious example
Respondent electing a variation, different ground or cross-appeal. Service on the respondent of the interlocutory notice of appeal occurs on Friday, October 9, 2026. The retained eligibility and ordinary procedural conditions apply.
| Step | What is counted | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Example 1. Ordinary established facts | Respondent electing a variation, different ground or cross-appeal. Service on the respondent of the interlocutory notice of appeal occurs on Friday, October 9, 2026. The retained eligibility and ordinary procedural conditions apply. 14 days after notice-of-appeal service. Unspecified relief or grounds ordinarily require leave under rule 6(2). | Friday, October 23, 2026 |
| Example 2. Closed-day boundary | Respondent electing a variation, different ground or cross-appeal. Service on the respondent of the interlocutory notice of appeal occurs on Monday, October 5, 2026. The retained eligibility and ordinary procedural conditions apply. 14 days after notice-of-appeal service. Unspecified relief or grounds ordinarily require leave under rule 6(2). | A closed interparty completion requires separate Cap.1 section71 and applicable Rules qualification. No unverified service carry is inferred. |
| Example 3. Material procedural branch | Respondent electing a variation, different ground or cross-appeal. Service on the respondent of the interlocutory notice of appeal occurs on Friday, October 9, 2026. The complete eligibility and procedural facts are not established. This actual branch must be established independently before any ordinary endpoint can be used. Interlocutory appeal | The Registrar-copy duty is within two days after actual respondent-notice service, a separate short-period event. |
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?
- Interlocutory appeal
- Interlocutory appeal
- Rule 6(1) contention elected
- Rule 6(1) contention elected
- All directly affected parties identified
- All directly affected parties identified
- Correct source counting and completion route
- Respondent electing a variation, different ground or cross-appeal uses the established service on the respondent of the interlocutory notice of appeal. 14 days after notice-of-appeal service. Exclude the effective event day. Ordinary intervening weekends remain counted unless an applicable source provision excludes them. High Court Ordinance (Cap. 4), section 31(1), omits Summer Vacation for the applicable civil procedural period not exceeding one month unless the Court directs otherwise. Order 64 rule 1 supplies August 1 through August 31. Order 3 rule 3 separately covers pleading periods. Serve respondent notice with grounds and requested order; furnish copies to Registrar separately. An office calendar does not automatically change this service, deemed-event, minimum-interval or status boundary. The source and the actual completion route control. Unspecified relief or grounds ordinarily require leave under rule 6(2).
- Respondent electing a variation, different ground or cross-appeal. Interlocutory appeal; Rule 6(1) contention elected; All directly affected parties identified. The Registrar-copy duty is within two days after actual respondent-notice service, a separate short-period event.
- The Registrar-copy duty is within two days after actual respondent-notice service, a separate short-period event.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
What period applies to interlocutory respondent notice?
Does every respondent need a notice?
Rule 6(1) requires one for the identified variation, alternative-ground or cross-appeal contentions.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 59, rule 6(3)(a)Does fourteen days apply to a final appeal?
No. Paragraph (3)(b) uses twenty-one days in the other branch.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 59, rule 6(3)(a)Who receives respondent notice?
The appellant and all parties below directly affected by the respondent’s contentions.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 59, rule 6(3)(a)Must requested relief be identified?
Paragraph (1) requires grounds and, for variation or cross-appeal, the precise proposed order.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 59, rule 6(3)(a)Does the Registrar also receive copies?
Paragraph (4) requires two copies within two days after notice service.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 59, rule 6(3)(a)Can an unspecified ground be raised automatically at hearing?
Paragraph (2) ordinarily requires leave for relief or grounds outside the prescribed notice or grounds relied on below.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 59, rule 6(3)(a)Official sources and review
Provisions used (5)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 59, rule 6(3)(a) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Rules of the High Court (Cap.4A), Order3 rules1–5 and Order64 rule1 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| High Court Ordinance (Cap.4), section31(1), including its endorsed-writ proviso | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap.1), section71(1)–(2) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| General Holidays Ordinance (Cap.149), section3 and Schedule | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |