Agreements to extend time under CPR 3.8(4) (buffer agreements)


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Agreements to extend time under CPR 3.8(4) (buffer agreements)


Published by a ÀÏ˾»úÎçÒ¹¸£Àû Dispute Resolution expert

Practice notes
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This Practice Note considers the ability for the parties to agree an Extension of time for the completion of certain procedural steps or court ordered case management directions pursuant to CPR 3.8(4). For information on extension of time generally, including outside the parameters of CPR 3.8(4), see Practice Note: Extension of time.

This Practice Note should be read in conjunction with content dealing with the court’s approach to non-Compliance by the parties and applications for relief from sanction which relate to such non-compliance, which can be found in: Compliance and relief from Sanctions—o±¹±ð°ù±¹¾±±ð·É.

Agreeing an extension of time with the other party/ies under CPR 3.8(4)

CPR 3.8(4) permits the parties to agree to extend, by prior written agreement, the time for doing an act as specified in a court order or the CPR, for which the consequences of a failure to comply are specified. The maximum period of the extension as set out in CPR 3.8(4) is 28 days and the extension must also not put at risk any hearing date (CPR 3.8(3)

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