{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-65.16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-65.16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/65.16",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "65.16",
  "heading": "Hearing date",
  "text": "(1) The court will fix a date for the hearing when it issues the claim form.\n(2) The hearing date will be not less than 28 days from the date of issue of the claim form.\n(3) The standard period between the issue of the claim form and the hearing will be not more than 8 weeks.\n(4) The defendant must be served with the claim form and the particulars of claim not less than 21 days before the hearing date.\n(Rule 3.1(2)(a) provides that the court may extend or shorten the time for compliance with any rule and rule 3.1(2)(b) provides that the court may adjourn or bring forward a hearing)",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 65 inserted (30.6.2004) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2004 (S.I. 2004/1306), rule 1(b), Sch. 2 (with rule 20(2)(a))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/65.16",
    "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."
}