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Deadline Engine for chartered legal executives

Deadline Engine supports Chartered Legal Executives across the matters they practise, computing the procedural deadlines of litigation, conveyancing, family and private client work, each with its citation.

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Matters chartered legal executives use Deadline Engine for

Deadline Engine covers every contentious matter in the build. A selection is shown below; browse the full catalogue for the rest.

CPR CivilCalculate Civil Procedure Rules deadlines: acknowledgment of service, defence, Part 36, directions and appeals, with deemed service, clear days and bank holidays applied.Landlord & TenantCalculate landlord and tenant deadlines: section 21 and section 8 notice periods, possession claims, deposit rules and Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 renewals.Family CourtCalculate Family Procedure Rules deadlines: acknowledgments, financial remedy steps and appeals, with FPR clear days and business-day rules applied.Probate and Private ClientSoonProbate, private client and Court of Protection deadlines for England & Wales: Inheritance Act claims, caveats, deeds of variation and inheritance tax.
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Key time limits for chartered legal executives

Each period below is read from the encoded rules and shown with its citation. Open a calculator for the exact date, with deemed service, clear days and bank holidays applied.

CPR deadline calculator

4 of 58 encoded deadlines
File Acknowledgment of ServiceCPR 10.3

14 days from deemed service of claim form

File Defence (no AoS filed)CPR 15.4(a)

14 days from service of particulars of claim

File Defence (AoS filed)CPR 15.4(b)

28 days from service of particulars of claim

Apply for Default Judgment (no AoS or Defence)CPR 12.3

14 days from deemed service of claim form

Landlord and tenant deadline calculator

4 of 29 encoded deadlines
s.25 notice window (earliest — 12 months)LTA 1954 s.25

12 months from Proposed termination date (count backward)

s.25 notice window (latest — 6 months)LTA 1954 s.25

6 months from Proposed termination date (count backward)

Landlord counter-notice (s.26)LTA 1954 s.26(6)

2 months from s.26 request

Court application (s.29A)LTA 1954 s.29A

from Date in s.25/s.26 notice

Family Court deadline calculator

4 of 27 encoded deadlines
FA listing window (earliest)FPR r.9.12(1)(a)

12 weeks from Form A filed

Service of Form AFPR r.9.12(1)(b)

4 clear days from Filing date

Form E exchangeFPR r.9.14(1)

35 clear days before First Appointment date

Questionnaires / Form GFPR r.9.14(5)

14 clear days before First Appointment date

Time limits at a glance

The headline periods below restate the encoded rules. Open the matching calculator above for the exact date, with deemed service, clear days and bank holidays applied.

File Acknowledgment of Service: what is the time limit?

14 days from deemed service of claim form, under CPR 10.3. The calculator applies deemed service, clear days and bank holidays automatically and shows the rule behind the date.

s.25 notice window (earliest — 12 months): what is the time limit?

12 months from Proposed termination date (count backward), under LTA 1954 s.25. The calculator applies deemed service, clear days and bank holidays automatically and shows the rule behind the date.

FA listing window (earliest): what is the time limit?

12 weeks from Form A filed, under FPR r.9.12(1)(a). The calculator applies deemed service, clear days and bank holidays automatically and shows the rule behind the date.

File Defence (no AoS filed): what is the time limit?

14 days from service of particulars of claim, under CPR 15.4(a). The calculator applies deemed service, clear days and bank holidays automatically and shows the rule behind the date.