The Civil Procedure Rules 1998

Drawing up and filing of judgments and orders

40.3—(1) Every judgment or order will be drawn up by the court unless—

(a) the court orders a party to draw it up;

(b) a party, with the permission of the court, agrees to draw it up;

(c) the court dispenses with the need to draw it up; or

(d) it is a consent order under rule 40.6.

(2) The court may direct that—

(a) a judgment or an order drawn up by a party must be checked by the court before it is sealed^(GL); or

(b) before a judgment or an order is drawn up by the court, the parties must file an agreed statement of its terms.

(3) Where a judgment or an order is to be drawn up by a party—

(a) he must file it no later than 7 days after the date on which the court ordered or permitted him to draw it up so that it can be sealed^(GL) by the court; and

(b) if he fails to file it within that period, any other party may draw it up and file it.