Jersey courts and statutory procedures
What period and facts govern jersey summary-judgment response evidence?
At least seven days before the hearing. The respondent wishing to rely on evidence must file the affidavit containing or exhibiting the evidence and serve every other application party. The source requires both filing and service. The short-period exclusions must be applied to the correct procedural branch. A hearing fixed by the Court of its own motion has additional paragraph 3 directions.
- Period
- At least seven days before the hearing
- Trigger
- The actual summary-judgment hearing day
- Rule
- Royal Court Rules 2004, Part 7, Rule 7/3(1)
Current official Jersey Legal Information Board consolidated text retained on October 10, 2026. The Royal Court Rules show the current edition from October 2, 2026. This guide adds no numeric eligibility.
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What period and facts govern jersey summary-judgment response evidence?
At least seven days before the hearing. The respondent wishing to rely on evidence must file the affidavit containing or exhibiting the evidence and serve every other application party. The source requires both filing and service. The short-period exclusions must be applied to the correct procedural branch. A hearing fixed by the Court of its own motion has additional paragraph 3 directions.
Responsible actor. The respondent wishing to rely on evidence.
The actual summary-judgment hearing day.
The source requires both filing and service. The short-period exclusions must be applied to the correct procedural branch. A hearing fixed by the Court of its own motion has additional paragraph 3 directions.
Source guide for jersey summary-judgment response evidence. The source requires both filing and service. The short-period exclusions must be applied to the correct procedural branch. A hearing fixed by the Court of its own motion has additional paragraph 3 directions. No computed date or paid calculation is provided.
Royal Court Rules 2004, Part 7, Rule 7/3(1)How does this provision count time?
- Establish the actual summary-judgment hearing day.
- Read Royal Court Rules 2004, Part 7, Rule 7/3(1) for the applicable branch.
- The source requires both filing and service. The short-period exclusions must be applied to the correct procedural branch. A hearing fixed by the Court of its own motion has additional paragraph 3 directions.
- File the affidavit containing or exhibiting the evidence and serve every other application party.
For procedural periods governed by the applicable court rules, after/from periods exclude the starting day and before periods end before the stated event. Clear days exclude both boundaries. The rules exclude listed nonbusiness days for periods of seven days or less. An hours-based cutoff needs the actual time.
Royal Court Rule 1/4 extends only an act before the Greffier or at the specified offices that cannot be completed because those offices are closed. It does not automatically extend every inter-party service act, postal deemed event or validity threshold. Check the actual calendar and any Rule 1/5 direction or written agreement.
Royal Court Rules 2004, Part 7, Rule 7/3(1)Which facts prevent one automatic date?
Source guide for jersey summary-judgment response evidence. The source requires both filing and service. The short-period exclusions must be applied to the correct procedural branch. A hearing fixed by the Court of its own motion has additional paragraph 3 directions. No computed date or paid calculation is provided.
A proposed jersey summary-judgment response evidence event is recorded without its qualifying facts. The source requires both filing and service. The short-period exclusions must be applied to the correct procedural branch. A hearing fixed by the Court of its own motion has additional paragraph 3 directions. No computed date. Establish the applicable source branch.
A proposed completion falls on a day when a relevant office is closed. Royal Court Rule 1/4 extends only an act before the Greffier or at the specified offices that cannot be completed because those offices are closed. It does not automatically extend every inter-party service act, postal deemed event or validity threshold. Check the actual calendar and any Rule 1/5 direction or written agreement. No blanket extension or shifted event is assumed.
The required document or action is prepared but completion is not established. File the affidavit containing or exhibiting the evidence and serve every other application party. Preparation does not prove the required act was completed.
Which conditions and exceptions apply?
- Source event and branch
- The actual summary-judgment hearing day. The source requires both filing and service. The short-period exclusions must be applied to the correct procedural branch. A hearing fixed by the Court of its own motion has additional paragraph 3 directions.
- Completion and recipients
- File the affidavit containing or exhibiting the evidence and serve every other application party.
- Count and closure
- Royal Court Rule 1/4 extends only an act before the Greffier or at the specified offices that cannot be completed because those offices are closed. It does not automatically extend every inter-party service act, postal deemed event or validity threshold. Check the actual calendar and any Rule 1/5 direction or written agreement.
- Source guide for jersey summary-judgment response evidence. The source requires both filing and service. The short-period exclusions must be applied to the correct procedural branch. A hearing fixed by the Court of its own motion has additional paragraph 3 directions. No computed date or paid calculation is provided.
- The source requires both filing and service. The short-period exclusions must be applied to the correct procedural branch. A hearing fixed by the Court of its own motion has additional paragraph 3 directions.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
What period and facts govern jersey summary-judgment response evidence?
What period and facts govern jersey summary-judgment response evidence?
At least seven days before the hearing. The source requires both filing and service. The short-period exclusions must be applied to the correct procedural branch. A hearing fixed by the Court of its own motion has additional paragraph 3 directions.
Royal Court Rules 2004, Part 7, Rule 7/3(1)What event starts jersey summary-judgment response evidence?
The actual summary-judgment hearing day. Keep evidence establishing this exact event. The source requires both filing and service. The short-period exclusions must be applied to the correct procedural branch. A hearing fixed by the Court of its own motion has additional paragraph 3 directions.
Royal Court Rules 2004, Part 7, Rule 7/3(1)What must be completed for jersey summary-judgment response evidence?
File the affidavit containing or exhibiting the evidence and serve every other application party. The source requires both filing and service. The short-period exclusions must be applied to the correct procedural branch. A hearing fixed by the Court of its own motion has additional paragraph 3 directions.
Royal Court Rules 2004, Part 7, Rule 7/3(1)How are days counted for jersey summary-judgment response evidence?
For procedural periods governed by the applicable court rules, after/from periods exclude the starting day and before periods end before the stated event. Clear days exclude both boundaries. The rules exclude listed nonbusiness days for periods of seven days or less. An hours-based cutoff needs the actual time.
Royal Court Rules 2004 rules 1/3 to 1/5Does an office closure change jersey summary-judgment response evidence?
Royal Court Rule 1/4 extends only an act before the Greffier or at the specified offices that cannot be completed because those offices are closed. It does not automatically extend every inter-party service act, postal deemed event or validity threshold. Check the actual calendar and any Rule 1/5 direction or written agreement.
Royal Court Rules 2004 rules 1/3 to 1/5Can this guide give a final jersey summary-judgment response evidence date?
No. The source requires both filing and service. The short-period exclusions must be applied to the correct procedural branch. A hearing fixed by the Court of its own motion has additional paragraph 3 directions. Establish the actual events, procedural branch and completed acts before relying on an endpoint.
Royal Court Rules 2004, Part 7, Rule 7/3(1)Official sources and review
Provisions used (2)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Royal Court Rules 2004, Part 7, Rule 7/3(1) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Royal Court Rules 2004 rules 1/3 to 1/5 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |