Privy Council · Current and transitional procedure
What time limit and facts govern key documents bundle before the Privy Council?
File the electronic bundle and deliver the required hard copies not later than 28 days before hearing. One hard copy per member and one for the Registry remain required; the electronic filing does not replace the hard-copy obligation.
- Period
- File the electronic bundle and deliver the required hard copies not later than 28 days before hearing
- Trigger
- The fixed hearing date
- Rule
- JCPC Rules 2024 rule 30
The key documents bundle 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 30. File the electronic bundle and deliver the required hard copies not later than 28 days before hearing. One hard copy per member and one for the Registry remain required; the electronic filing does not replace the hard-copy obligation. Confirm the actual key documents bundle 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 key documents bundle before the Privy Council?
File the electronic bundle and deliver the required hard copies not later than 28 days before hearing. One hard copy per member and one for the Registry remain required; the electronic filing does not replace the hard-copy obligation.
Responsible actor. The appellant responsible for the key bundle.
The fixed hearing date
One hard copy per member and one for the Registry remain required; the electronic filing does not replace the hard-copy obligation.
The appellant responsible for the key bundle. File the electronic bundle and deliver the required hard copies not later than 28 days before hearing. One hard copy per member and one for the Registry remain required; the electronic filing does not replace the hard-copy obligation.
JCPC Rules 2024 rule 30How does this provision count time?
- File the electronic bundle and deliver the required hard copies not later than 28 days before hearing
- Provide the statement, written cases and lower judgments and orders in the key bundle.
- One hard copy per member and one for the Registry remain required; the electronic filing does not replace the hard-copy obligation.
For key documents bundle, 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 electronic bundle and deliver the required hard copies not later than 28 days before hearing.
For key documents bundle, 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 30Which facts prevent one automatic date?
JCPC Rules 2024 rule 30. File the electronic bundle and deliver the required hard copies not later than 28 days before hearing. One hard copy per member and one for the Registry remain required; the electronic filing does not replace the hard-copy obligation. Confirm the actual key documents bundle route and completion facts before selecting an endpoint. This guide gives no calculated date or paid calculation.
The appellant responsible for the key bundle has evidence of the fixed hearing date. File the electronic bundle and deliver the required hard copies not later than 28 days before hearing. Provide the statement, written cases and lower judgments and orders in the key bundle. One hard copy per member and one for the Registry remain required; the electronic filing does not replace the hard-copy obligation. Establish the actual key documents bundle facts before selecting a final date.
The proposed key documents bundle endpoint meets a Registry closure or a service alert outside office hours. For key documents bundle, 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 electronic bundle and deliver the required hard copies not later than 28 days before hearing. For key documents bundle, 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 key documents bundle act and place. A Registry carry and an effective service date are separate questions.
One hard copy per member and one for the Registry remain required; the electronic filing does not replace the hard-copy obligation. The source contract for key documents bundle requires the fixed hearing date. Provide the statement, written cases and lower judgments and orders in the key bundle. Do not replace the missing source facts with a raw catalog period.
Which conditions and exceptions apply?
- Actor and completed key documents bundle step
- The appellant responsible for the key bundle. Provide the statement, written cases and lower judgments and orders in the key bundle.
- Controlling key documents bundle event and branch
- The fixed hearing date. One hard copy per member and one for the Registry remain required; the electronic filing does not replace the hard-copy obligation.
- Counting and completion for key documents bundle
- For key documents bundle, 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 electronic bundle and deliver the required hard copies not later than 28 days before hearing. For key documents bundle, 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 responsible for the key bundle. File the electronic bundle and deliver the required hard copies not later than 28 days before hearing. One hard copy per member and one for the Registry remain required; the electronic filing does not replace the hard-copy obligation.
- Key documents bundle concerns the appellant responsible for the key bundle and provide the statement, written cases and lower judgments and orders in the key bundle. Intervention application 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 key documents bundle before the Privy Council?
What time limit governs key documents bundle?
File the electronic bundle and deliver the required hard copies not later than 28 days before hearing. One hard copy per member and one for the Registry remain required; the electronic filing does not replace the hard-copy obligation.
JCPC Rules 2024 rule 30Which event starts or anchors key documents bundle?
The fixed hearing date. The appellant responsible for the key bundle must identify this event in the actual case records.
JCPC Rules 2024 rule 30What completes key documents bundle?
Provide the statement, written cases and lower judgments and orders in the key bundle. One hard copy per member and one for the Registry remain required; the electronic filing does not replace the hard-copy obligation.
JCPC Rules 2024 rule 30Does the key bundle need hard copies as well as an electronic file?
Rule 30(3) requires one hard copy for each member and one for the Registry, alongside electronic filing and service.
JCPC Rules 2024 rule 30Can the key bundle omit lower-court judgments?
Rule 30 identifies the statement, cases and the orders and judgments appealed from as minimum contents.
JCPC Rules 2024 rule 30Is a second key bundle needed for a cross-appeal?
Rule 24 provides for a single common key bundle and retains the original appellant’s primary responsibility.
JCPC Rules 2024 rule 24Official sources and review
Provisions used (7)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| JCPC Rules 2024 rule 30 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| JCPC current PD paragraph 5.28 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| JCPC Rules 2024 rule 24 | 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 |