When is the deadline for application to set aside discontinuance (high court)?

25 working days after discontinuance. Apply to set aside the discontinuance as an abuse of process. The court must be satisfied that the discontinuance is an abuse of process. An application is a procedural option, not an automatic reversal.

Responsible actor. The defendant affected by discontinuance.

Actual discontinuance under rule 15.19.

The court must be satisfied that the discontinuance is an abuse of process. An application is a procedural option, not an automatic reversal.

The court must be satisfied that the discontinuance is an abuse of process. An application is a procedural option, not an automatic reversal.

1. Apply to set aside the discontinuance as an abuse of process.
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 15.22. 25 working days after discontinuance. The court must be satisfied that the discontinuance is an abuse of process. An application is a procedural option, not an automatic reversal. 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 affected by discontinuance establishes the relevant event. Actual discontinuance under rule 15.19. 25 working days after discontinuance. Apply the identified source branch. This illustration supplies no final date.

The procedure has a potentially different branch or direction. The court must be satisfied that the discontinuance is an abuse of process. An application is a procedural option, not an automatic reversal. 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. Apply to set aside the discontinuance as an abuse of process. 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 discontinuance under rule 15.19.

Required act and branch

Apply to set aside the discontinuance as an abuse of process. The court must be satisfied that the discontinuance is an abuse of process. An application is a procedural option, not an automatic reversal.

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 court must be satisfied that the discontinuance is an abuse of process. An application is a procedural option, not an automatic reversal.
• This procedure concerns apply to set aside the discontinuance as an abuse of process. Compare the related procedures for their own actor, event and required act. Their periods do not replace this provision.

• The defendant affected by discontinuance.
• Actual discontinuance under rule 15.19.
• The court must be satisfied that the discontinuance is an abuse of process. An application is a procedural option, not an automatic reversal.
• 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.
• Apply to set aside the discontinuance as an abuse of process. Filing, service, notification, payment and discretionary applications remain distinct. No final completion date is calculated by this guide.