When is the deadline for notice requiring deponent for cross-examination (high court)?

At least 3 working days before trial. Serve written notice, file copies and deliver copies to the parties taking steps. Failure to produce a notified deponent affects use of the affidavit, subject to routine-matter or exceptional-circumstance leave. It does not automatically decide the case.

Responsible actor. The party requiring an opposing affidavit deponent for cross-examination.

The actual trial date.

Failure to produce a notified deponent affects use of the affidavit, subject to routine-matter or exceptional-circumstance leave. It does not automatically decide the case.

Failure to produce a notified deponent affects use of the affidavit, subject to routine-matter or exceptional-circumstance leave. It does not automatically decide the case.

1. Serve written notice, file copies and deliver copies to the parties taking steps.
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 9.74. At least 3 working days before trial. Failure to produce a notified deponent affects use of the affidavit, subject to routine-matter or exceptional-circumstance leave. It does not automatically decide the case. 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 requiring an opposing affidavit deponent for cross-examination establishes the relevant event. The actual trial date. At least 3 working days before trial. Apply the identified source branch. This illustration supplies no final date.

The procedure has a potentially different branch or direction. Failure to produce a notified deponent affects use of the affidavit, subject to routine-matter or exceptional-circumstance leave. It does not automatically decide the case. 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. Serve written notice, file copies and deliver copies to the parties taking steps. 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

The actual trial date.

Required act and branch

Serve written notice, file copies and deliver copies to the parties taking steps. Failure to produce a notified deponent affects use of the affidavit, subject to routine-matter or exceptional-circumstance leave. It does not automatically decide the case.

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.

• Failure to produce a notified deponent affects use of the affidavit, subject to routine-matter or exceptional-circumstance leave. It does not automatically decide the case.
• This procedure concerns serve written notice, file copies and deliver copies to the parties taking steps. Compare the related procedures for their own actor, event and required act. Their periods do not replace this provision.

• The party requiring an opposing affidavit deponent for cross-examination.
• The actual trial date.
• Failure to produce a notified deponent affects use of the affidavit, subject to routine-matter or exceptional-circumstance leave. It does not automatically decide the case.
• 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.
• Serve written notice, file copies and deliver copies to the parties taking steps. Filing, service, notification, payment and discretionary applications remain distinct. No final completion date is calculated by this guide.