Hong Kong · civil procedure
What period applies to judicial review hearing notice interval?
At least 10 days between service and hearing. Serve the required recipients sufficiently before hearing. This is service notice, not a Court-fixed hearing prediction.
- Period
- At least 10 days between service and hearing
- Trigger
- Actual hearing day named in the summons
- Rule
- Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 53, rule 5(4)
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What period applies to judicial review hearing notice interval?
At least 10 days between service and hearing. Serve the required recipients sufficiently before hearing. This is service notice, not a Court-fixed hearing prediction.
Responsible actor. Applicant serving the judicial-review originating summons.
Actual hearing day named in the summons
At least 10 days between service and hearing
Applicant serving the judicial-review originating summons. Actual listed hearing; All required recipients; No contrary leave direction. At least ten days between excludes both endpoints. The Court granting leave may direct otherwise.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 53, rule 5(4)How does this provision count time?
- Serve the required recipients sufficiently before hearing
- Applicant serving the judicial-review originating summons uses the established actual hearing day named in the summons. At least 10 days between service and hearing. Count backward from the actual appointment. Exclude both service and hearing days for the intervening clear-day interval. 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 the required recipients sufficiently before hearing. An office calendar does not automatically change this service, deemed-event, minimum-interval or status boundary. The source and the actual completion route control. This is service notice, not a Court-fixed hearing prediction.
- This is service notice, not a Court-fixed hearing prediction.
Applicant serving the judicial-review originating summons uses the established actual hearing day named in the summons. At least 10 days between service and hearing. Count backward from the actual appointment. Exclude both service and hearing days for the intervening clear-day interval. 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 the required recipients sufficiently before hearing. An office calendar does not automatically change this service, deemed-event, minimum-interval or status boundary. The source and the actual completion route control. This is service notice, not a Court-fixed hearing prediction.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 53, rule 5(4)What do independently checked examples show?
Fictitious example
Applicant serving the judicial-review originating summons. Actual hearing day named in the summons occurs on Friday, October 30, 2026. The retained eligibility and ordinary procedural conditions apply.
| Step | What is counted | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Example 1. Ordinary established facts | Applicant serving the judicial-review originating summons. Actual hearing day named in the summons occurs on Friday, October 30, 2026. The retained eligibility and ordinary procedural conditions apply. At least 10 days between service and hearing. This is service notice, not a Court-fixed hearing prediction. | Monday, October 19, 2026 |
| Example 2. Closed-day boundary | Applicant serving the judicial-review originating summons. Actual hearing day named in the summons occurs on Thursday, October 29, 2026. The retained eligibility and ordinary procedural conditions apply. At least 10 days between service and hearing. This is service notice, not a Court-fixed hearing prediction. | Sunday, October 18, 2026 |
| Example 3. Material procedural branch | Applicant serving the judicial-review originating summons. Actual hearing day named in the summons occurs on Friday, October 30, 2026. The complete eligibility and procedural facts are not established. This actual branch must be established independently before any ordinary endpoint can be used. Actual listed hearing | At least ten days between excludes both endpoints. The Court granting leave may direct otherwise. |
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?
- Actual listed hearing
- Actual listed hearing
- All required recipients
- All required recipients
- No contrary leave direction
- No contrary leave direction
- Correct source counting and completion route
- Applicant serving the judicial-review originating summons uses the established actual hearing day named in the summons. At least 10 days between service and hearing. Count backward from the actual appointment. Exclude both service and hearing days for the intervening clear-day interval. 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 the required recipients sufficiently before hearing. An office calendar does not automatically change this service, deemed-event, minimum-interval or status boundary. The source and the actual completion route control. This is service notice, not a Court-fixed hearing prediction.
- Applicant serving the judicial-review originating summons. Actual listed hearing; All required recipients; No contrary leave direction. At least ten days between excludes both endpoints. The Court granting leave may direct otherwise.
- At least ten days between excludes both endpoints. The Court granting leave may direct otherwise.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
What period applies to judicial review hearing notice interval?
Are the service and hearing days among the ten days?
Rule 5(4) requires at least ten days between them. Both endpoint days remain outside that interval.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 53, rule 5(4)Can the leave judge prescribe another interval?
Yes. The paragraph expressly applies unless the Court granting leave otherwise directs.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 53, rule 5(4)Who must receive the originating summons?
Rule 5(3) identifies directly affected persons and additional court officers or the judge in its specified court-proceeding branches.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 53, rule 5(4)Does issue date substitute for summons service?
No. The minimum interval runs between service and the hearing date.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 53, rule 5(4)Does the seven-or-less weekend exclusion apply to ten days?
No. The ordinary Rules exclusion threshold is seven days or less.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 53, rule 5(4)Can the result establish the hearing actually occurred?
No. Supply the Court’s actual hearing date and retain any adjournment or notice direction.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 53, rule 5(4)Official sources and review
Provisions used (5)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 53, rule 5(4) | 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 |