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What time limit and facts govern reply to costs disputes before the Privy Council?

The rule gives 14 days beginning with service; maintained PD 9.31 uses filing of the points. A reply is permissive under the rule; the filing-versus-service source tension requires actual Registry clarification rather than a generic endpoint.

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The rule gives 14 days beginning with service; maintained PD 9.31 uses filing of the points
Trigger
Service of the points under Rule 49(5)
Rule
JCPC Rules 2024 rule 49
JCPC Rules 2024 rule 49

The reply to costs disputes 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 49. The rule gives 14 days beginning with service; maintained PD 9.31 uses filing of the points. A reply is permissive under the rule; the filing-versus-service source tension requires actual Registry clarification rather than a generic endpoint. Confirm the actual reply to costs disputes route and completion facts before selecting an endpoint. This guide gives no calculated date or paid calculation.

JCPC Rules 2024 rule 49

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What time limit and facts govern reply to costs disputes before the Privy Council?

The rule gives 14 days beginning with service; maintained PD 9.31 uses filing of the points. A reply is permissive under the rule; the filing-versus-service source tension requires actual Registry clarification rather than a generic endpoint.

Responsible actor. The receiving party choosing to reply to points of dispute.

Service of the points under Rule 49(5)

A reply is permissive under the rule; the filing-versus-service source tension requires actual Registry clarification rather than a generic endpoint.

The receiving party choosing to reply to points of dispute. The rule gives 14 days beginning with service; maintained PD 9.31 uses filing of the points. A reply is permissive under the rule; the filing-versus-service source tension requires actual Registry clarification rather than a generic endpoint.

JCPC Rules 2024 rule 49

How does this provision count time?

  1. The rule gives 14 days beginning with service; maintained PD 9.31 uses filing of the points
  2. File any response and serve the paying party.
  3. A reply is permissive under the rule; the filing-versus-service source tension requires actual Registry clarification rather than a generic endpoint.

For reply to costs disputes, 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 reply to costs disputes, 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 49

Which facts prevent one automatic date?

JCPC Rules 2024 rule 49. The rule gives 14 days beginning with service; maintained PD 9.31 uses filing of the points. A reply is permissive under the rule; the filing-versus-service source tension requires actual Registry clarification rather than a generic endpoint. Confirm the actual reply to costs disputes route and completion facts before selecting an endpoint. This guide gives no calculated date or paid calculation.

ResultRead the operative provision and establish the applicable branch.

The receiving party choosing to reply to points of dispute has evidence of service of the points under Rule 49(5). The rule gives 14 days beginning with service; maintained PD 9.31 uses filing of the points. File any response and serve the paying party. A reply is permissive under the rule; the filing-versus-service source tension requires actual Registry clarification rather than a generic endpoint. Establish the actual reply to costs disputes facts before selecting a final date.

The proposed reply to costs disputes endpoint meets a Registry closure or a service alert outside office hours. For reply to costs disputes, 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 reply to costs disputes, 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 reply to costs disputes act and place. A Registry carry and an effective service date are separate questions.

A reply is permissive under the rule; the filing-versus-service source tension requires actual Registry clarification rather than a generic endpoint. The source contract for reply to costs disputes requires service of the points under Rule 49(5). File any response and serve the paying party. Do not replace the missing source facts with a raw catalog period.

Which conditions and exceptions apply?

Actor and completed reply to costs disputes step
The receiving party choosing to reply to points of dispute. File any response and serve the paying party.
Controlling reply to costs disputes event and branch
Service of the points under Rule 49(5). A reply is permissive under the rule; the filing-versus-service source tension requires actual Registry clarification rather than a generic endpoint.
Counting and completion for reply to costs disputes
For reply to costs disputes, 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 reply to costs disputes, 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 49
  • The receiving party choosing to reply to points of dispute. The rule gives 14 days beginning with service; maintained PD 9.31 uses filing of the points. A reply is permissive under the rule; the filing-versus-service source tension requires actual Registry clarification rather than a generic endpoint.
  • Reply to costs disputes concerns the receiving party choosing to reply to points of dispute and file any response and serve the paying party. 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 reply to costs disputes before the Privy Council?

What time limit governs reply to costs disputes?

The rule gives 14 days beginning with service; maintained PD 9.31 uses filing of the points. A reply is permissive under the rule; the filing-versus-service source tension requires actual Registry clarification rather than a generic endpoint.

JCPC Rules 2024 rule 49

Which event starts or anchors reply to costs disputes?

Service of the points under Rule 49(5). The receiving party choosing to reply to points of dispute must identify this event in the actual case records.

JCPC Rules 2024 rule 49

What completes reply to costs disputes?

File any response and serve the paying party. A reply is permissive under the rule; the filing-versus-service source tension requires actual Registry clarification rather than a generic endpoint.

JCPC Rules 2024 rule 49

Must the receiving party reply to every costs dispute?

Rule 49(5) says the receiving party may file a response. If it does, it must serve the paying party.

JCPC Rules 2024 rule 49

Does the reply period begin with service of the points?

That is Rule 49(5)’s express wording, including the service day. Maintained PD 9.31 instead describes filing.

JCPC Rules 2024 rule 49

Can the portal filing date automatically replace the reply’s service anchor?

This guide does not make that substitution. Preserve the actual filing and service evidence and the applicable Registry direction.

JCPC current PD paragraph 9.31

Official sources and review

Provisions used (6)
Provisions used in this guide
ProvisionPurpose
JCPC Rules 2024 rule 49Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification
JCPC current PD paragraph 9.31Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification
JCPC Rules 2024 rule 6Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification
JCPC Rules 2024 rule 7Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification
JCPC Rules 2024 rule 8Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification
JCPC Rules 2024 rule 63Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification
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