New Zealand civil and employment procedure
When is the deadline for compliance with notice requiring further particulars (high court)?
Failure to comply within 5 working days after service permits a court application. Request particulars, then apply for an order if the qualifying notice remains unfulfilled. The court must find the pleading defective and the particulars properly required. It may order particulars without the preliminary notice.
- Period
- Failure to comply within 5 working days after service permits a court application
- Trigger
- Service of a notice identifying the particular defects and particulars required
- Rule
- High Court Rules 2016, rule 5.21
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High Court Rules 2016, rule 5.21. Failure to comply within 5 working days after service permits a court application. The court must find the pleading defective and the particulars properly required. It may order particulars without the preliminary notice. 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.
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When is the deadline for compliance with notice requiring further particulars (high court)?
Failure to comply within 5 working days after service permits a court application. Request particulars, then apply for an order if the qualifying notice remains unfulfilled. The court must find the pleading defective and the particulars properly required. It may order particulars without the preliminary notice.
Responsible actor. The party needing a sufficiently explicit opposing pleading.
Service of a notice identifying the particular defects and particulars required.
The court must find the pleading defective and the particulars properly required. It may order particulars without the preliminary notice.
The court must find the pleading defective and the particulars properly required. It may order particulars without the preliminary notice.
High Court Rules 2016, rule 5.21How does this provision count time?
- Request particulars, then apply for an order if the qualifying notice remains unfulfilled.
- Retain the actual event and evidence of completion.
- 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 5.21Which facts prevent one automatic date?
High Court Rules 2016, rule 5.21. Failure to comply within 5 working days after service permits a court application. The court must find the pleading defective and the particulars properly required. It may order particulars without the preliminary notice. 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 needing a sufficiently explicit opposing pleading establishes the relevant event. Service of a notice identifying the particular defects and particulars required. Failure to comply within 5 working days after service permits a court application. Apply the identified source branch. This illustration supplies no final date.
The procedure has a potentially different branch or direction. The court must find the pleading defective and the particulars properly required. It may order particulars without the preliminary notice. 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. Request particulars, then apply for an order if the qualifying notice remains unfulfilled. 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.
Which conditions and exceptions apply?
- Actual procedural event
- Service of a notice identifying the particular defects and particulars required.
- Required act and branch
- Request particulars, then apply for an order if the qualifying notice remains unfulfilled. The court must find the pleading defective and the particulars properly required. It may order particulars without the preliminary notice.
- 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 find the pleading defective and the particulars properly required. It may order particulars without the preliminary notice.
- This procedure concerns request particulars, then apply for an order if the qualifying notice remains unfulfilled. Compare the related procedures for their own actor, event and required act. Their periods do not replace this provision.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When is the deadline for compliance with notice requiring further particulars (high court)?
Who takes the step for high court request for further particulars?
The party needing a sufficiently explicit opposing pleading. Request particulars, then apply for an order if the qualifying notice remains unfulfilled.
High Court Rules 2016, rule 5.21What event matters for high court request for further particulars?
Service of a notice identifying the particular defects and particulars required. Retain evidence of that event rather than substituting a convenient document or hearing date.
High Court Rules 2016, rule 5.21What period does the source state for high court request for further particulars?
Failure to comply within 5 working days after service permits a court application. 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.
High Court Rules 2016, rule 5.21Which branch can change high court request for further particulars?
The court must find the pleading defective and the particulars properly required. It may order particulars without the preliminary notice.
High Court Rules 2016, rule 5.21What must be completed for high court request for further particulars?
Request particulars, then apply for an order if the qualifying notice remains unfulfilled. Filing, service, notification, payment and discretionary applications remain distinct. No final completion date is calculated by this guide.
High Court Rules 2016, rule 5.21Does this guide establish a final date for high court request for further particulars?
No. 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 actual branch and completion facts remain necessary before a final date is supported.
High Court Rules 2016, rule 5.21Official sources and review
Provisions used (5)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| High Court Rules 2016, rule 5.21 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| High Court Rules 2016, rule 1.3 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| High Court Rules 2016, rule 1.17 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| High Court Rules 2016, rule 1.18 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| High Court Rules 2016, rule 1.19 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |