Rule 3.22 Appointment taking place out of court business hours: legal effect
The filing of a notice in accordance with rule 3.20 has the same effect for all purposes as the filing of a notice of appointment in accordance with rule 3.18.
The appointment—
takes effect from the date and time of the F1... sending of the email; but
ceases to have effect if the requirements of rule 3.20(9) are not completed on the next occasion the court is open for business.
Where any question arises in relation to the date and time that the notice of appointment was filed with the court, it is a presumption capable of rebuttal that the date and time shown on the appointer's F2... hard copy of the email is the date and time at which the notice was filed.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in rule 3.22(2)(a) omitted (22.6.2026) by virtue of The Insolvency (England and Wales) (Amendment) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/561), rules 1(3), 8(a)
- F2
Words in rule 3.22(3) omitted (22.6.2026) by virtue of The Insolvency (England and Wales) (Amendment) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/561), rules 1(3), 8(b)