Privy Council · Current and transitional procedure
What time limit and facts govern costs points of dispute before the Privy Council?
The rule states 21 days beginning with service; maintained PD 9.31 describes filing of the bill. The retained rule and maintained direction use different anchors; obtain the operative Registry treatment instead of silently substituting filing for service.
- Period
- The rule states 21 days beginning with service; maintained PD 9.31 describes filing of the bill
- Trigger
- Service of the claim for costs under Rule 49(4)
- Rule
- JCPC Rules 2024 rule 49
The costs points of dispute 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.
Source guide · No automated date
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JCPC Rules 2024 rule 49. The rule states 21 days beginning with service; maintained PD 9.31 describes filing of the bill. The retained rule and maintained direction use different anchors; obtain the operative Registry treatment instead of silently substituting filing for service. Confirm the actual costs points of dispute 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 costs points of dispute before the Privy Council?
The rule states 21 days beginning with service; maintained PD 9.31 describes filing of the bill. The retained rule and maintained direction use different anchors; obtain the operative Registry treatment instead of silently substituting filing for service.
Responsible actor. The paying party responding to the costs claim.
Service of the claim for costs under Rule 49(4)
The retained rule and maintained direction use different anchors; obtain the operative Registry treatment instead of silently substituting filing for service.
The paying party responding to the costs claim. The rule states 21 days beginning with service; maintained PD 9.31 describes filing of the bill. The retained rule and maintained direction use different anchors; obtain the operative Registry treatment instead of silently substituting filing for service.
JCPC Rules 2024 rule 49How does this provision count time?
- The rule states 21 days beginning with service; maintained PD 9.31 describes filing of the bill
- File the points of dispute and serve the receiving party when that route is used.
- The retained rule and maintained direction use different anchors; obtain the operative Registry treatment instead of silently substituting filing for service.
For costs points of dispute, Rule 49 uses an inclusive service-based period, while maintained PD 9.31 describes filing-based periods. Preserve both source texts, the actual service and filing records, and any Registry clarification. The guide does not silently select one conflicting anchor.
For costs points of dispute, 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 49Which facts prevent one automatic date?
JCPC Rules 2024 rule 49. The rule states 21 days beginning with service; maintained PD 9.31 describes filing of the bill. The retained rule and maintained direction use different anchors; obtain the operative Registry treatment instead of silently substituting filing for service. Confirm the actual costs points of dispute route and completion facts before selecting an endpoint. This guide gives no calculated date or paid calculation.
The paying party responding to the costs claim has evidence of service of the claim for costs under Rule 49(4). The rule states 21 days beginning with service; maintained PD 9.31 describes filing of the bill. File the points of dispute and serve the receiving party when that route is used. The retained rule and maintained direction use different anchors; obtain the operative Registry treatment instead of silently substituting filing for service. Establish the actual costs points of dispute facts before selecting a final date.
The proposed costs points of dispute endpoint meets a Registry closure or a service alert outside office hours. For costs points of dispute, Rule 49 uses an inclusive service-based period, while maintained PD 9.31 describes filing-based periods. Preserve both source texts, the actual service and filing records, and any Registry clarification. The guide does not silently select one conflicting anchor. For costs points of dispute, 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 costs points of dispute act and place. A Registry carry and an effective service date are separate questions.
The retained rule and maintained direction use different anchors; obtain the operative Registry treatment instead of silently substituting filing for service. The source contract for costs points of dispute requires service of the claim for costs under Rule 49(4). File the points of dispute and serve the receiving party when that route is used. Do not replace the missing source facts with a raw catalog period.
Which conditions and exceptions apply?
- Actor and completed costs points of dispute step
- The paying party responding to the costs claim. File the points of dispute and serve the receiving party when that route is used.
- Controlling costs points of dispute event and branch
- Service of the claim for costs under Rule 49(4). The retained rule and maintained direction use different anchors; obtain the operative Registry treatment instead of silently substituting filing for service.
- Counting and completion for costs points of dispute
- For costs points of dispute, Rule 49 uses an inclusive service-based period, while maintained PD 9.31 describes filing-based periods. Preserve both source texts, the actual service and filing records, and any Registry clarification. The guide does not silently select one conflicting anchor. For costs points of dispute, 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 paying party responding to the costs claim. The rule states 21 days beginning with service; maintained PD 9.31 describes filing of the bill. The retained rule and maintained direction use different anchors; obtain the operative Registry treatment instead of silently substituting filing for service.
- Costs points of dispute concerns the paying party responding to the costs claim and file the points of dispute and serve the receiving party when that route is used. Claim for costs 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 costs points of dispute before the Privy Council?
What time limit governs costs points of dispute?
The rule states 21 days beginning with service; maintained PD 9.31 describes filing of the bill. The retained rule and maintained direction use different anchors; obtain the operative Registry treatment instead of silently substituting filing for service.
JCPC Rules 2024 rule 49Which event starts or anchors costs points of dispute?
Service of the claim for costs under Rule 49(4). The paying party responding to the costs claim must identify this event in the actual case records.
JCPC Rules 2024 rule 49What completes costs points of dispute?
File the points of dispute and serve the receiving party when that route is used. The retained rule and maintained direction use different anchors; obtain the operative Registry treatment instead of silently substituting filing for service.
JCPC Rules 2024 rule 49Does the costs rule include the claim’s service day?
Rule 49(4) says beginning with the day on which the claim is served. That wording must not be replaced with an exclusive after-service clock.
JCPC Rules 2024 rule 49Why does this guide retain both filing and service dates?
Maintained PD 9.31 describes 21 days from filing the bill, whereas Rule 49(4) uses service. Both official texts are retained.
JCPC current PD paragraph 9.31Can absence of points lead to a default costs certificate?
PD 9.32 describes a certificate after 21 days from service or the Registrar’s specified period where points are not filed and served.
JCPC current PD paragraph 9.32Official sources and review
Provisions used (7)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| JCPC Rules 2024 rule 49 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| JCPC current PD paragraph 9.31 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| JCPC current PD paragraph 9.32 | 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 |