{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-3.8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-3.8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/3.8",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "3.8",
  "heading": "Sanctions have effect unless defaulting party obtains relief",
  "text": "(1) Where a party has failed to comply with a rule, practice direction or court order, any sanction for failure to comply imposed by the rule, practice direction or court order has effect unless the party in default applies for and obtains relief from the sanction.\n(Rule 3.9 sets out the circumstances which the court will consider on an application to grant relief from a sanction)\n(2) Where the sanction is the payment of costs, the party in default may only obtain relief by appealing against the order for costs.\n(3) Where a rule, practice direction or court order—\n(a) requires a party to do something within a specified time, and\n(b) specifies the consequence of failure to comply,\nthe time for doing the act in question may not be extended by agreement between the parties except as provided in paragraph (4).\n(4) In the circumstances referred to in paragraph (3) and unless the court orders otherwise, the time for doing the act in question may be extended by prior written agreement of the parties for up to a maximum of 28 days, provided always that any such extension does not put at risk any hearing date",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in rule 3.8(1) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2013 (S.I. 2013/262), rules 2, 5(f) (with rule 22)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 3.8(3) inserted (5.6.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 5) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/1233), rules 1, 3(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Rule 3.8(4) inserted (5.6.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 5) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/1233), rules 1, 3(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 3.8 in force at 26.4.1999, see Signature"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/3.8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:59.276840+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}