Jersey courts and statutory procedures
What period and facts govern jersey witness-list deposit before trial?
Not less than forty-eight hours before that time. The plaintiff and each other party calling witnesses must deposit the witness list with the Greffier; the plaintiff deposits the billet with the prescribed first-day fee. This is a forty-eight-hour requirement, not an assumed two-calendar-day cutoff. It also applies to proceedings on a representation. Confirm the hearing time, applicable fee and each party’s list.
- Period
- Not less than forty-eight hours before that time
- Trigger
- The actual time fixed for the action hearing
- Rule
- Royal Court Rules 2004, Part 6, Rule 6/32(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 witness-list deposit before trial?
Not less than forty-eight hours before that time. The plaintiff and each other party calling witnesses must deposit the witness list with the Greffier; the plaintiff deposits the billet with the prescribed first-day fee. This is a forty-eight-hour requirement, not an assumed two-calendar-day cutoff. It also applies to proceedings on a representation. Confirm the hearing time, applicable fee and each party’s list.
Responsible actor. The plaintiff and each other party calling witnesses.
The actual time fixed for the action hearing.
This is a forty-eight-hour requirement, not an assumed two-calendar-day cutoff. It also applies to proceedings on a representation. Confirm the hearing time, applicable fee and each party’s list.
Source guide for jersey witness-list deposit before trial. This is a forty-eight-hour requirement, not an assumed two-calendar-day cutoff. It also applies to proceedings on a representation. Confirm the hearing time, applicable fee and each party’s list. No computed date or paid calculation is provided.
Royal Court Rules 2004, Part 6, Rule 6/32(1)How does this provision count time?
- Establish the actual time fixed for the action hearing.
- Read Royal Court Rules 2004, Part 6, Rule 6/32(1) for the applicable branch.
- This is a forty-eight-hour requirement, not an assumed two-calendar-day cutoff. It also applies to proceedings on a representation. Confirm the hearing time, applicable fee and each party’s list.
- Deposit the witness list with the Greffier; the plaintiff deposits the billet with the prescribed first-day fee.
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 6, Rule 6/32(1)Which facts prevent one automatic date?
Source guide for jersey witness-list deposit before trial. This is a forty-eight-hour requirement, not an assumed two-calendar-day cutoff. It also applies to proceedings on a representation. Confirm the hearing time, applicable fee and each party’s list. No computed date or paid calculation is provided.
A proposed jersey witness-list deposit before trial event is recorded without its qualifying facts. This is a forty-eight-hour requirement, not an assumed two-calendar-day cutoff. It also applies to proceedings on a representation. Confirm the hearing time, applicable fee and each party’s list. 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. Deposit the witness list with the Greffier; the plaintiff deposits the billet with the prescribed first-day fee. Preparation does not prove the required act was completed.
Which conditions and exceptions apply?
- Source event and branch
- The actual time fixed for the action hearing. This is a forty-eight-hour requirement, not an assumed two-calendar-day cutoff. It also applies to proceedings on a representation. Confirm the hearing time, applicable fee and each party’s list.
- Completion and recipients
- Deposit the witness list with the Greffier; the plaintiff deposits the billet with the prescribed first-day fee.
- 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 witness-list deposit before trial. This is a forty-eight-hour requirement, not an assumed two-calendar-day cutoff. It also applies to proceedings on a representation. Confirm the hearing time, applicable fee and each party’s list. No computed date or paid calculation is provided.
- This is a forty-eight-hour requirement, not an assumed two-calendar-day cutoff. It also applies to proceedings on a representation. Confirm the hearing time, applicable fee and each party’s list.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
What period and facts govern jersey witness-list deposit before trial?
What period and facts govern jersey witness-list deposit before trial?
Not less than forty-eight hours before that time. This is a forty-eight-hour requirement, not an assumed two-calendar-day cutoff. It also applies to proceedings on a representation. Confirm the hearing time, applicable fee and each party’s list.
Royal Court Rules 2004, Part 6, Rule 6/32(1)What event starts jersey witness-list deposit before trial?
The actual time fixed for the action hearing. Keep evidence establishing this exact event. This is a forty-eight-hour requirement, not an assumed two-calendar-day cutoff. It also applies to proceedings on a representation. Confirm the hearing time, applicable fee and each party’s list.
Royal Court Rules 2004, Part 6, Rule 6/32(1)What must be completed for jersey witness-list deposit before trial?
Deposit the witness list with the Greffier; the plaintiff deposits the billet with the prescribed first-day fee. This is a forty-eight-hour requirement, not an assumed two-calendar-day cutoff. It also applies to proceedings on a representation. Confirm the hearing time, applicable fee and each party’s list.
Royal Court Rules 2004, Part 6, Rule 6/32(1)How are days counted for jersey witness-list deposit before trial?
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 witness-list deposit before trial?
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 witness-list deposit before trial date?
No. This is a forty-eight-hour requirement, not an assumed two-calendar-day cutoff. It also applies to proceedings on a representation. Confirm the hearing time, applicable fee and each party’s list. Establish the actual events, procedural branch and completed acts before relying on an endpoint.
Royal Court Rules 2004, Part 6, Rule 6/32(1)Official sources and review
Provisions used (2)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Royal Court Rules 2004, Part 6, Rule 6/32(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 |