Hong Kong · civil procedure
What period applies to appeal cfi master decision?
Issue within 14 days; service within 5 days after issue; 2 clear days before hearing. Issue notice, then serve all other parties within five days; retain minimum hearing notice. An appeal ordinarily does not stay the underlying proceedings.
- Period
- Issue within 14 days; service within 5 days after issue; 2 clear days before hearing
- Trigger
- Giving or making of the master’s judgment, order or decision
- Rule
- Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 58, rule 1(3)
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What period applies to appeal cfi master decision?
Issue within 14 days; service within 5 days after issue; 2 clear days before hearing. Issue notice, then serve all other parties within five days; retain minimum hearing notice. An appeal ordinarily does not stay the underlying proceedings.
Responsible actor. Party appealing a qualifying master decision.
Giving or making of the master’s judgment, order or decision
Issue within 14 days; service within 5 days after issue; 2 clear days before hearing
Party appealing a qualifying master decision. Qualifying Order 58 rule 1 decision; Actual decision and issue events; No different Court order; Exceptions checked. Taxation and specified Rules have other routes. The three acts have different anchors and cannot be represented by one date.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 58, rule 1(3)How does this provision count time?
- Issue notice, then serve all other parties within five days; retain minimum hearing notice
- Party appealing a qualifying master decision uses the established giving or making of the master’s judgment, order or decision. Issue within 14 days; service within 5 days after issue; 2 clear days before hearing. 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.
- Issue notice, then serve all other parties within five days; retain minimum hearing notice. An applicable Court-office completion may move under the exact final-day source only when the act cannot be done there. Establish the actual office route, closure and any different effective electronic route. An appeal ordinarily does not stay the underlying proceedings.
- An appeal ordinarily does not stay the underlying proceedings.
Party appealing a qualifying master decision uses the established giving or making of the master’s judgment, order or decision. Issue within 14 days; service within 5 days after issue; 2 clear days before hearing. 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.
Issue notice, then serve all other parties within five days; retain minimum hearing notice. An applicable Court-office completion may move under the exact final-day source only when the act cannot be done there. Establish the actual office route, closure and any different effective electronic route. An appeal ordinarily does not stay the underlying proceedings.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 58, rule 1(3)What do independently checked examples show?
Fictitious example
Party appealing a qualifying master decision. Giving or making of the master’s judgment, order or decision occurs on Friday, October 9, 2026. The retained eligibility and ordinary procedural conditions apply. Actual Notice Issued Friday, October 23, 2026.
| Step | What is counted | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Example 1. Ordinary established facts | Party appealing a qualifying master decision. Giving or making of the master’s judgment, order or decision occurs on Friday, October 9, 2026. The retained eligibility and ordinary procedural conditions apply. Actual Notice Issued Friday, October 23, 2026. Issue within 14 days; service within 5 days after issue; 2 clear days before hearing. An appeal ordinarily does not stay the underlying proceedings. | Friday, October 23, 2026 |
| Example 2. Closed-day boundary | Party appealing a qualifying master decision. Giving or making of the master’s judgment, order or decision occurs on Monday, October 5, 2026. The retained eligibility and ordinary procedural conditions apply. Actual Notice Issued Tuesday, October 20, 2026. Issue within 14 days; service within 5 days after issue; 2 clear days before hearing. An appeal ordinarily does not stay the underlying proceedings. | Tuesday, October 20, 2026 |
| Example 3. Material procedural branch | Party appealing a qualifying master decision. Giving or making of the master’s judgment, order or decision occurs on Friday, October 9, 2026. The complete eligibility and procedural facts are not established. Actual Notice Issued not established. This actual branch must be established independently before any ordinary endpoint can be used. Qualifying Order 58 rule 1 decision | Taxation and specified Rules have other routes. The three acts have different anchors and cannot be represented by one date. |
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?
- Qualifying Order 58 rule 1 decision
- Qualifying Order 58 rule 1 decision
- Actual decision and issue events
- Actual decision and issue events
- No different Court order
- No different Court order
- Exceptions checked
- Exceptions checked
- Correct source counting and completion route
- Party appealing a qualifying master decision uses the established giving or making of the master’s judgment, order or decision. Issue within 14 days; service within 5 days after issue; 2 clear days before hearing. 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. Issue notice, then serve all other parties within five days; retain minimum hearing notice. An applicable Court-office completion may move under the exact final-day source only when the act cannot be done there. Establish the actual office route, closure and any different effective electronic route. An appeal ordinarily does not stay the underlying proceedings.
- Party appealing a qualifying master decision. Qualifying Order 58 rule 1 decision; Actual decision and issue events; No different Court order; Exceptions checked. Taxation and specified Rules have other routes. The three acts have different anchors and cannot be represented by one date.
- Taxation and specified Rules have other routes. The three acts have different anchors and cannot be represented by one date.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
What period applies to appeal cfi master decision?
Does issuing notice complete the master appeal?
No. Rule 1(3) separately requires service within five days after issue.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 58, rule 1(3)Who must receive the notice?
Every other party to the proceedings under paragraph (2).
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 58, rule 1(3)How soon may the appeal be heard?
Not sooner than two clear days after service, unless the Court otherwise orders.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 58, rule 1(3)Does the appeal automatically stay proceedings?
Paragraph (4) says it does not, except as the Court directs.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 58, rule 1(3)Can new evidence always be introduced?
Paragraph (5) restricts further evidence, apart from subsequent events, unless special grounds exist.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 58, rule 1(3)Can the issue date be inferred from decision date?
No. Issue is an actual Court event and starts its own later service period.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 58, rule 1(3)Official sources and review
Provisions used (5)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 58, rule 1(3) | 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 |