When is the deadline for defendant's affidavits where evidence is by affidavit (high court)?

10 working days after service of the plaintiff's affidavits. File and serve affidavits on the plaintiff and other parties. Use actual affidavit service. The trial date and close-of-pleadings date are not substitutes for this responding-evidence anchor.

Responsible actor. The defendant receiving the plaintiff's affidavits.

Actual service of the plaintiff's affidavits.

Use actual affidavit service. The trial date and close-of-pleadings date are not substitutes for this responding-evidence anchor.

Use actual affidavit service. The trial date and close-of-pleadings date are not substitutes for this responding-evidence anchor.

1. File and serve affidavits on the plaintiff and other parties.
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 9.70. 10 working days after service of the plaintiff's affidavits. Use actual affidavit service. The trial date and close-of-pleadings date are not substitutes for this responding-evidence anchor. 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 defendant receiving the plaintiff's affidavits establishes the relevant event. Actual service of the plaintiff's affidavits. 10 working days after service of the plaintiff's affidavits. Apply the identified source branch. This illustration supplies no final date.

The procedure has a potentially different branch or direction. Use actual affidavit service. The trial date and close-of-pleadings date are not substitutes for this responding-evidence anchor. 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. File and serve affidavits on the plaintiff and other parties. 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 service of the plaintiff's affidavits.

Required act and branch

File and serve affidavits on the plaintiff and other parties. Use actual affidavit service. The trial date and close-of-pleadings date are not substitutes for this responding-evidence anchor.

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.

• Use actual affidavit service. The trial date and close-of-pleadings date are not substitutes for this responding-evidence anchor.
• This procedure concerns file and serve affidavits on the plaintiff and other parties. Compare the related procedures for their own actor, event and required act. Their periods do not replace this provision.

• The defendant receiving the plaintiff's affidavits.
• Actual service of the plaintiff's affidavits.
• Use actual affidavit service. The trial date and close-of-pleadings date are not substitutes for this responding-evidence anchor.
• 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.
• File and serve affidavits on the plaintiff and other parties. Filing, service, notification, payment and discretionary applications remain distinct. No final completion date is calculated by this guide.