13 Interim applications Flashcards
What is the timing to make interim applications?
Every app made as soon as apparent that necessary or desirable.
Interim order MAY be made at ANY time, inc BEFORE proceedings started. Where app made before proceedings, directions should be given to issue CF.
C MAY make app before commencing proceedings where:
- Urgent; or
- Otherwise desirable in interests of justice.
How to dispense with the application notice?
All apps need application notice UNLESS:
- Permitted by CPR or PD
- Permitted by court order
What does without notice application mean?
means without giving 3 full days’ notice to R.
You can only dispense with service of application notice if:
- Exceptional urgency
- OO furthered
- Consent
- Court grants permission
- Where hearing is fixed for another purpose + party wants to make app @ hearing but no time to give 3 days’ notice
- Rule, PD or court order permits
- Where app requires security
“If it appears to court that there are good reasons for not giving notice”.
What is the jurisdiction for interim applications?
Norm app MUST be made to court where claim being dealt. EXCEPTION:
- Claim transferred
- Claim listed at another court
- App made AFTER judgment.
What happens in multi track cases
interim applications?
In multi-track case = norm time = @ first case management conference. Party inviting court to make directions/orders not normal dealt with at CMC + likely to be oppressed, MUST issue + serve app.
What is the Right to set aside or vary WITHOUT notice orders ?
Order made without notice MUST incl details of R’s right to apply within 7 days of service to set aside/vary. Where court grants order, copy of app notice + evidence MUST, unless court orders otherwise, be served with order on any party –
- Against whom order made; and
- Against whom order sought
Order MUST contain statement of right to make app to set aside/ vary. A person not served with copy of app notice before order MAY apply to have order set aside/ varies. An app MUST be made within 7 days after order SERVED.
What happens with interim applications and summary judgments?
Applied ONLY AFTER D acknowledge service/def
INTERIM PAYMENT = Applied ONLY AFTER D acknowledge service/defence. But summary judg + striking out norm made BEFORE filing directions questionnaires. For interim remedies, they MAY be made after final judgment given.
What happens if you apply for an interim application without notice?
MUST comply duty full + frank disclosure. INCLUDES: material facts aware of, and those which you should have on making reasonable enquiries.
What is the Procedure on without notice apps?
- Issue app notice
- Supported by written evidence
- Written evid MUST state why notice not been given
- Draft order
- Papers filed at court at least 2 hours before hearing
- Informal/ short notice MUST normally be given.
Apps without notice norm in public, norm in judge’s private room.
If app heard by telephone/video, app notice MUST be served
5 clear days before hearing.
What is the duty of full and frank disclosure?
MUST disclose all material facts or law, inc those against the application. MUST draw court’s attention to unusual features of evidence + any known to A or which could have been discovered on making reasonably inquiries. CONTINUING DUTY. Duty also applies where short notice (less than 3 clear days) is given + R represented @ hearing.
All material facts MUST be in affidavit, NOT documents exhibited to it.
When is there a breach of the duty of full and frank disclosure?
- Order MAY, norm will, be discharged whatever the merits.
- Costs sanction likely.
BUT – court MAY discharge or re-grant order. Innocent non-disclosure MAY be forgiven. Relevant factors:
- Gravity of breach
- Excuse or explanation
- Severity + duration of any prejudice
- Whether breach conseq remediable
court MAY discharge or re-grant order. Innocent non-disclosure MAY be forgiven. Relevant factors:
- Gravity of breach
- Excuse or explanation
- Severity + duration of any prejudice
- Whether breach conseq remediable
What are without notice apps for interim applications?
app docs served to other side. MUST served ASAP after N244 filed + at least 3 clear days before “return day”