Privy Council · Current and transitional procedure
What time limit and facts govern permission application before the Privy Council?
File within 56 days of the controlling later event. Identify the local right of appeal and both lower-court events; a pending public-funding application does not itself grant an extension.
- Period
- File within 56 days of the controlling later event
- Trigger
- The court below’s order or decision, or its later refusal of permission
- Rule
- JCPC Rules 2024 rule 13
The permission application 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 13. File within 56 days of the controlling later event. Identify the local right of appeal and both lower-court events; a pending public-funding application does not itself grant an extension. Confirm the actual permission application 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 permission application before the Privy Council?
File within 56 days of the controlling later event. Identify the local right of appeal and both lower-court events; a pending public-funding application does not itself grant an extension.
Responsible actor. The prospective appellant requiring JCPC permission.
The court below’s order or decision, or its later refusal of permission
Identify the local right of appeal and both lower-court events; a pending public-funding application does not itself grant an extension.
The prospective appellant requiring JCPC permission. File within 56 days of the controlling later event. Identify the local right of appeal and both lower-court events; a pending public-funding application does not itself grant an extension.
JCPC Rules 2024 rule 13How does this provision count time?
- File within 56 days of the controlling later event
- File the permission application with its required grounds and supporting documents.
- Identify the local right of appeal and both lower-court events; a pending public-funding application does not itself grant an extension.
For permission application, 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 within 56 days of the controlling later event.
For permission application, 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 13Which facts prevent one automatic date?
JCPC Rules 2024 rule 13. File within 56 days of the controlling later event. Identify the local right of appeal and both lower-court events; a pending public-funding application does not itself grant an extension. Confirm the actual permission application route and completion facts before selecting an endpoint. This guide gives no calculated date or paid calculation.
The prospective appellant requiring JCPC permission has evidence of the court below’s order or decision, or its later refusal of permission. File within 56 days of the controlling later event. File the permission application with its required grounds and supporting documents. Identify the local right of appeal and both lower-court events; a pending public-funding application does not itself grant an extension. Establish the actual permission application facts before selecting a final date.
The proposed permission application endpoint meets a Registry closure or a service alert outside office hours. For permission application, 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 within 56 days of the controlling later event. For permission application, 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 permission application act and place. A Registry carry and an effective service date are separate questions.
Identify the local right of appeal and both lower-court events; a pending public-funding application does not itself grant an extension. The source contract for permission application requires the court below’s order or decision, or its later refusal of permission. File the permission application with its required grounds and supporting documents. Do not replace the missing source facts with a raw catalog period.
Which conditions and exceptions apply?
- Actor and completed permission application step
- The prospective appellant requiring JCPC permission. File the permission application with its required grounds and supporting documents.
- Controlling permission application event and branch
- The court below’s order or decision, or its later refusal of permission. Identify the local right of appeal and both lower-court events; a pending public-funding application does not itself grant an extension.
- Counting and completion for permission application
- For permission application, 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 within 56 days of the controlling later event. For permission application, 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 prospective appellant requiring JCPC permission. File within 56 days of the controlling later event. Identify the local right of appeal and both lower-court events; a pending public-funding application does not itself grant an extension.
- Permission application concerns the prospective appellant requiring JCPC permission and file the permission application with its required grounds and supporting documents. Permission application service 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 permission application before the Privy Council?
What time limit governs permission application?
File within 56 days of the controlling later event. Identify the local right of appeal and both lower-court events; a pending public-funding application does not itself grant an extension.
JCPC Rules 2024 rule 13Which event starts or anchors permission application?
The court below’s order or decision, or its later refusal of permission. The prospective appellant requiring JCPC permission must identify this event in the actual case records.
JCPC Rules 2024 rule 13What completes permission application?
File the permission application with its required grounds and supporting documents. Identify the local right of appeal and both lower-court events; a pending public-funding application does not itself grant an extension.
JCPC Rules 2024 rule 13Does refusal of permission below change the permission anchor?
Rule 13(1) uses the refusal below if later than the underlying order or decision. Both dates must be established.
JCPC Rules 2024 rule 13Can permission time be extended prospectively?
PD 2.14 requires the extension application to accompany the eventual permission application, rather than a separate prospective application. Relief remains discretionary.
JCPC current PD paragraph 2.14Does applying for public funding automatically add 28 days now?
No. Current Rule 6(3) gives the Registrar a discretionary power. The automatic old Rule 5(5) belongs only to qualifying transitional proceedings.
JCPC Rules 2024 rule 6Official sources and review
Provisions used (7)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| JCPC Rules 2024 rule 13 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| JCPC Rules 2024 rule 6 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| JCPC current PD paragraph 2.11 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| JCPC current PD paragraph 2.14 | 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 |