THE COMPUTATION OF TIME AND THE BANK HOLIDAY ON MONDAY: ONE OTHER THING

September 16, 2022 · by · in Civil Procedure

Another point has arisen in relation the procedural impact of the Bank Holiday on Monday.  The courts will be closed. CPR 2.8(5) therefore comes into effect.  Any act that should have been done on Monday is effective if, instead, it is done on Tuesday.

THE RULE

CPR 2.8 (5).

(5) Subject to the provisions of Practice Direction 5C, when the period specified –

(a) by these Rules or a practice direction; or

(b) by any judgment or court order,

for doing any act at the court office ends on a day on which the office is closed, that act shall be in time if done on the next day on which the court office is open.