Hong Kong · civil procedure
What period applies to personal injury automatic directions?
Discovery within 14 days; inspection within 7 days thereafter under the applicable directions. Complete discovery and inspection; comply with medical and loss directions. The page concerns several procedural acts and cannot truthfully collapse them into one fourteen-day completion. Admitted liability and road accidents restrict plaintiff discovery to special-damage documents. Transfer and actual orders can change the directions.
- Period
- Discovery within 14 days; inspection within 7 days thereafter under the applicable directions
- Trigger
- Deemed close of pleadings and applicable automatic-direction branch
- Rule
- Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 25, rule 8(1)(a)
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Admitted liability and road accidents restrict plaintiff discovery to special-damage documents. Transfer and actual orders can change the directions.
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What period applies to personal injury automatic directions?
Discovery within 14 days; inspection within 7 days thereafter under the applicable directions. Complete discovery and inspection; comply with medical and loss directions. The page concerns several procedural acts and cannot truthfully collapse them into one fourteen-day completion. Admitted liability and road accidents restrict plaintiff discovery to special-damage documents. Transfer and actual orders can change the directions.
Responsible actor. Parties in a qualifying personal-injury writ action.
Deemed close of pleadings and applicable automatic-direction branch
Discovery within 14 days; inspection within 7 days thereafter under the applicable directions
Parties in a qualifying personal-injury writ action. Qualifying personal-injury action; Not Admiralty or clinical negligence; Liability and road-accident branch established; Actual contrary directions checked. Admitted liability and road accidents restrict plaintiff discovery to special-damage documents. Transfer and actual orders can change the directions.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 25, rule 8(1)(a)How does this provision count time?
- Complete discovery and inspection; comply with medical and loss directions
- Parties in a qualifying personal-injury writ action uses the established deemed close of pleadings and applicable automatic-direction branch. Discovery within 14 days; inspection within 7 days thereafter under the applicable directions. Admitted liability and road accidents restrict plaintiff discovery to special-damage documents. Transfer and actual orders can change the directions.
- A Court closure does not establish an unknown ordered period, a complete direction sequence or an unresolved possession-expiry instant. Establish the separate act and its operative source before choosing a filing date. The page concerns several procedural acts and cannot truthfully collapse them into one fourteen-day completion.
- The page concerns several procedural acts and cannot truthfully collapse them into one fourteen-day completion.
Parties in a qualifying personal-injury writ action uses the established deemed close of pleadings and applicable automatic-direction branch. Discovery within 14 days; inspection within 7 days thereafter under the applicable directions. Admitted liability and road accidents restrict plaintiff discovery to special-damage documents. Transfer and actual orders can change the directions.
A Court closure does not establish an unknown ordered period, a complete direction sequence or an unresolved possession-expiry instant. Establish the separate act and its operative source before choosing a filing date. The page concerns several procedural acts and cannot truthfully collapse them into one fourteen-day completion.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 25, rule 8(1)(a)Which facts prevent one automatic date?
Admitted liability and road accidents restrict plaintiff discovery to special-damage documents. Transfer and actual orders can change the directions.
Discovery within 14 days; inspection within 7 days thereafter under the applicable directions Complete discovery and inspection; comply with medical and loss directions The page concerns several procedural acts and cannot truthfully collapse them into one fourteen-day completion.
A Court-office closure does not select an unknown ordered period or cure a separate unmet procedural act. Complete discovery and inspection; comply with medical and loss directions The page concerns several procedural acts and cannot truthfully collapse them into one fourteen-day completion.
Admitted liability and road accidents restrict plaintiff discovery to special-damage documents. Transfer and actual orders can change the directions. Complete discovery and inspection; comply with medical and loss directions The page concerns several procedural acts and cannot truthfully collapse them into one fourteen-day completion.
Which conditions and exceptions apply?
- Qualifying personal-injury action
- Qualifying personal-injury action
- Not Admiralty or clinical negligence
- Not Admiralty or clinical negligence
- Liability and road-accident branch established
- Liability and road-accident branch established
- Actual contrary directions checked
- Actual contrary directions checked
- Correct source counting and completion route
- Parties in a qualifying personal-injury writ action uses the established deemed close of pleadings and applicable automatic-direction branch. Discovery within 14 days; inspection within 7 days thereafter under the applicable directions. Admitted liability and road accidents restrict plaintiff discovery to special-damage documents. Transfer and actual orders can change the directions. A Court closure does not establish an unknown ordered period, a complete direction sequence or an unresolved possession-expiry instant. Establish the separate act and its operative source before choosing a filing date. The page concerns several procedural acts and cannot truthfully collapse them into one fourteen-day completion.
- Parties in a qualifying personal-injury writ action. Qualifying personal-injury action; Not Admiralty or clinical negligence; Liability and road-accident branch established; Actual contrary directions checked. Admitted liability and road accidents restrict plaintiff discovery to special-damage documents. Transfer and actual orders can change the directions.
- Admitted liability and road accidents restrict plaintiff discovery to special-damage documents. Transfer and actual orders can change the directions.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
What period applies to personal injury automatic directions?
Does the fourteen-day date complete all automatic directions?
No. Order 25 rule 8 separately addresses discovery, inspection and other preparation steps.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 25, rule 8(1)(a)Does clinical negligence use these automatic directions?
No. The retained rule excludes clinical-negligence claims from this branch.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 25, rule 8(1)(a)What follows the fourteen-day discovery interval?
The rule provides inspection within seven days thereafter. Retain the applicable direction and actual inspection facts.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 25, rule 8(1)(a)What changes where liability is admitted?
The plaintiff’s relevant automatic discovery concerns documents relating to special damages under the specified branch.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 25, rule 8(1)(a)Do Admiralty personal-injury claims qualify?
No. The automatic-direction rule contains an Admiralty exclusion.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 25, rule 8(1)(a)Can a later Court order replace automatic directions?
Yes. Check actual directions and any transfer. The page cannot establish the operative schedule from pleading closure alone.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 25, rule 8(1)(a)Official sources and review
Provisions used (5)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 25, rule 8(1)(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 |