
CPR 2.8 Deadline Calculator: Clear Days and the 5-Day Rule
Identify the effective start or event date first. Then apply CPR 2.8's clear-days rule, five-day threshold and court-office rollover.
Count UK working days. Court deadlines kept clear.
Calculate UK working-day deadlines, date differences, and court-rule runs with jurisdiction differences kept visible.
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Calculate UK working-day deadlines, date differences, and court-rule deadlines for England & Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.
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Choose your settings, then press Calculate.
Calculate UK working days using the jurisdiction, counting basis, and court rules that match your context.
Determine completion dates or measure the number of working days between any two points. Bank holiday substitution rules and jurisdiction-specific options for England & Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland are included, with mode and assumption choices left visible to you.
Disclaimer: Use at your own risk and verify deadlines against the governing statute, contract, or court rules.
For Sequential calculations, confirm each legal trigger independently before using one calculated end date as the next start date. Enable the Use court rules switch for England & Wales CPR counting, Northern Ireland court rules, or Scottish court-calendar-based calculations. Review the selected rule set and assumptions before relying on the result.
Chain up to 6 documented periods when each stage has a verified trigger, duration, and counting rule.
Switch between working-day and calendar-day counting, control direction, and choose whether the start and end dates are included, to mirror the instructions you have received.
Apply the court-counting rules for England & Wales, Northern Ireland, or a selected Scottish court calendar.
Accurate bank holidays for England & Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Each region has unique holidays (St Andrew's Day, Battle of the Boyne) handled automatically.
Pick the SCTS court calendar that best matches your case. The calculator combines that calendar with Scottish bank holidays and shows the assumptions used.
Review every non-working day in the animated timeline, copy a shareable link, and export calculations to PDF or ICS for your file.
See every excluded day and download audit trails as PDFs for compliance and verification.
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