When is the deadline for challenge to admissibility of a witness statement (high court)?

20 working days after receipt, followed by a further 10 working days for unresolved challenges. Notify the other parties, then notify the court if the challenge remains unresolved. The first notice goes to the parties. The second stage requires an unresolved challenge and goes to the court.

Responsible actor. The party challenging witness-statement admissibility.

Actual receipt of the witness statement.

The first notice goes to the parties. The second stage requires an unresolved challenge and goes to the court.

The first notice goes to the parties. The second stage requires an unresolved challenge and goes to the court.

1. Notify the other parties, then notify the court if the challenge remains unresolved.
2. Retain the actual event and evidence of completion.
3. Check the operative source and any applicable order before relying on a period.

High Court Rules 1.3 and 1.17 define working days and exclude the reference event day for rule periods. Rule 1.17(3) preserves statutory reckoning.

Rule 1.18 addresses an act at a registry that cannot be done because that registry is closed. It does not carry every service act or statutory interval.

High Court Rules 2016, rule 9.11. 20 working days after receipt, followed by a further 10 working days for unresolved challenges. The first notice goes to the parties. The second stage requires an unresolved challenge and goes to the court. This source guide requires the actual procedural branch, event and applicable completion facts before a final date can be established. No computed date or paid record is available.

The party challenging witness-statement admissibility establishes the relevant event. Actual receipt of the witness statement. 20 working days after receipt, followed by a further 10 working days for unresolved challenges. Apply the identified source branch. This illustration supplies no final date.

The procedure has a potentially different branch or direction. The first notice goes to the parties. The second stage requires an unresolved challenge and goes to the court. Resolve the specific branch before treating the ordinary period as applicable. No final date is supplied.

The event, required act or completion facts are missing. Notify the other parties, then notify the court if the challenge remains unresolved. Rule 1.18 addresses an act at a registry that cannot be done because that registry is closed. It does not carry every service act or statutory interval. Withhold a computed deadline and paid record. Preserve the unresolved fact instead of assuming an endpoint.

Actual procedural event

Actual receipt of the witness statement.

Required act and branch

Notify the other parties, then notify the court if the challenge remains unresolved. The first notice goes to the parties. The second stage requires an unresolved challenge and goes to the court.

Completion qualification

Rule 1.18 addresses an act at a registry that cannot be done because that registry is closed. It does not carry every service act or statutory interval.

• The first notice goes to the parties. The second stage requires an unresolved challenge and goes to the court.
• This procedure concerns notify the other parties, then notify the court if the challenge remains unresolved. Compare the related procedures for their own actor, event and required act. Their periods do not replace this provision.

• The party challenging witness-statement admissibility.
• Actual receipt of the witness statement.
• The first notice goes to the parties. The second stage requires an unresolved challenge and goes to the court.
• Rule 1.18 addresses an act at a registry that cannot be done because that registry is closed. It does not carry every service act or statutory interval.
• Notify the other parties, then notify the court if the challenge remains unresolved. Filing, service, notification, payment and discretionary applications remain distinct. No final completion date is calculated by this guide.