Privy Council · Current and transitional procedure
What time limit and facts govern facts, issues and reproduced record before the Privy Council?
File the statement of facts and issues and reproduced record within 20 weeks. The current notification anchor differs from receipt of the certified record under the preserved 2009 Rules.
- Period
- File the statement of facts and issues and reproduced record within 20 weeks
- Trigger
- The Registrar’s ready-to-list notification
- Rule
- JCPC Rules 2024 rule 28
The facts, issues and reproduced record guide uses the retained current 2024 Rules and maintained official practice directions, including the September 2026 updates. Rule 63 separately preserves qualifying proceedings begun or filed before December 2, 2024 unless otherwise directed. Non-portal filing alone does not establish that transition.
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JCPC Rules 2024 rule 28. File the statement of facts and issues and reproduced record within 20 weeks. The current notification anchor differs from receipt of the certified record under the preserved 2009 Rules. Confirm the actual facts, issues and reproduced record route and completion facts before selecting an endpoint. This guide gives no calculated date or paid calculation.
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What time limit and facts govern facts, issues and reproduced record before the Privy Council?
File the statement of facts and issues and reproduced record within 20 weeks. The current notification anchor differs from receipt of the certified record under the preserved 2009 Rules.
Responsible actor. The appellant preparing the common appeal record.
The Registrar’s ready-to-list notification
The current notification anchor differs from receipt of the certified record under the preserved 2009 Rules.
The appellant preparing the common appeal record. File the statement of facts and issues and reproduced record within 20 weeks. The current notification anchor differs from receipt of the certified record under the preserved 2009 Rules.
JCPC Rules 2024 rule 28How does this provision count time?
- File the statement of facts and issues and reproduced record within 20 weeks
- Endeavor to agree the statement and file the required appeal materials.
- The current notification anchor differs from receipt of the certified record under the preserved 2009 Rules.
For facts, issues and reproduced record, retain the source’s exact event and unit. Rule 7 distinguishes electronic filing from actual tracked delivery, while Rule 8 separates portal email-alert service during office hours from its next-business-day treatment outside those hours. File the statement of facts and issues and reproduced record within 20 weeks.
For facts, issues and reproduced record, Rule 6(4)(a) carries an act done at the Registry to the next open day when its last day is closed. Rule 6(4)(b) uses midnight in the place where the person acts. These provisions do not make every hearing countback or service event a generic London working-day calculation.
JCPC Rules 2024 rule 28Which facts prevent one automatic date?
JCPC Rules 2024 rule 28. File the statement of facts and issues and reproduced record within 20 weeks. The current notification anchor differs from receipt of the certified record under the preserved 2009 Rules. Confirm the actual facts, issues and reproduced record route and completion facts before selecting an endpoint. This guide gives no calculated date or paid calculation.
The appellant preparing the common appeal record has evidence of the Registrar’s ready-to-list notification. File the statement of facts and issues and reproduced record within 20 weeks. Endeavor to agree the statement and file the required appeal materials. The current notification anchor differs from receipt of the certified record under the preserved 2009 Rules. Establish the actual facts, issues and reproduced record facts before selecting a final date.
The proposed facts, issues and reproduced record endpoint meets a Registry closure or a service alert outside office hours. For facts, issues and reproduced record, retain the source’s exact event and unit. Rule 7 distinguishes electronic filing from actual tracked delivery, while Rule 8 separates portal email-alert service during office hours from its next-business-day treatment outside those hours. File the statement of facts and issues and reproduced record within 20 weeks. For facts, issues and reproduced record, Rule 6(4)(a) carries an act done at the Registry to the next open day when its last day is closed. Rule 6(4)(b) uses midnight in the place where the person acts. These provisions do not make every hearing countback or service event a generic London working-day calculation. Identify the precise facts, issues and reproduced record act and place. A Registry carry and an effective service date are separate questions.
The current notification anchor differs from receipt of the certified record under the preserved 2009 Rules. The source contract for facts, issues and reproduced record requires the Registrar’s ready-to-list notification. Endeavor to agree the statement and file the required appeal materials. Do not replace the missing source facts with a raw catalog period.
Which conditions and exceptions apply?
- Actor and completed facts, issues and reproduced record step
- The appellant preparing the common appeal record. Endeavor to agree the statement and file the required appeal materials.
- Controlling facts, issues and reproduced record event and branch
- The Registrar’s ready-to-list notification. The current notification anchor differs from receipt of the certified record under the preserved 2009 Rules.
- Counting and completion for facts, issues and reproduced record
- For facts, issues and reproduced record, retain the source’s exact event and unit. Rule 7 distinguishes electronic filing from actual tracked delivery, while Rule 8 separates portal email-alert service during office hours from its next-business-day treatment outside those hours. File the statement of facts and issues and reproduced record within 20 weeks. For facts, issues and reproduced record, Rule 6(4)(a) carries an act done at the Registry to the next open day when its last day is closed. Rule 6(4)(b) uses midnight in the place where the person acts. These provisions do not make every hearing countback or service event a generic London working-day calculation.
- The appellant preparing the common appeal record. File the statement of facts and issues and reproduced record within 20 weeks. The current notification anchor differs from receipt of the certified record under the preserved 2009 Rules.
- Facts, issues and reproduced record concerns the appellant preparing the common appeal record and endeavor to agree the statement and file the required appeal materials. Listing information is a distinct step and does not establish this procedure’s actor, event or completed act.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
What time limit and facts govern facts, issues and reproduced record before the Privy Council?
What time limit governs facts, issues and reproduced record?
File the statement of facts and issues and reproduced record within 20 weeks. The current notification anchor differs from receipt of the certified record under the preserved 2009 Rules.
JCPC Rules 2024 rule 28Which event starts or anchors facts, issues and reproduced record?
The Registrar’s ready-to-list notification. The appellant preparing the common appeal record must identify this event in the actual case records.
JCPC Rules 2024 rule 28What completes facts, issues and reproduced record?
Endeavor to agree the statement and file the required appeal materials. The current notification anchor differs from receipt of the certified record under the preserved 2009 Rules.
JCPC Rules 2024 rule 28Must the parties try to agree the statement?
Rule 28 requires that endeavor and permits the Registrar to direct the treatment of disagreement.
JCPC Rules 2024 rule 28Is lower-court record receipt the current 20-week trigger?
No. Rule 28(1) uses the Registrar notifying the parties that the appeal is ready to list. The old Rule 21 used record receipt.
JCPC Rules 2024 rule 28What if preparation cannot finish within 20 weeks?
PD 5.11 directs the appellant to seek an extension. Delay or negotiation over the statement does not itself establish an extension.
JCPC current PD paragraph 5.11Official sources and review
Provisions used (7)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| JCPC Rules 2024 rule 28 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| JCPC current PD paragraph 5.11 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| JCPC Rules 2024 rule 27 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| JCPC Rules 2024 rule 6 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| JCPC Rules 2024 rule 7 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| JCPC Rules 2024 rule 8 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| JCPC Rules 2024 rule 63 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |