From what day does the reporting period run, and what happens if a judgment became final before it was served or handed over?
General information · Not legal advice
Material to check
In a practice file we read the papers showing the date the reportable event occurred, the certified copy of the judgment with the date it became final, and the proof of service or the receipt showing the day the copy was served or handed over.
These are types of material to look for, not evidence already verified by PRO SE.
Where readings differ
One reading takes both sentences together: the period runs from the day the reportable event occurred, and where it is the date of finality of a judgment that must start the period, a judgment finalized before service or handover makes the period run instead from the day it was served or handed over.
Another reading notes that the second sentence is limited to the case where the period 'is to be' computed from the finality of a judgment, so it does not touch periods running from the occurrence of the event, and the provision settles only the starting point, leaving open the length of the period and the consequence of a report made after it has run.
Your judgment
Where a record shows the copy of the judgment was both served and handed over, which of those events starts the reporting period?
PRO SE does not make this decision or keep a case record on this public site.When to reconsider
We look at this again if the provision is amended to name a single event for service and handover, or if an official decision explains which date governs where the two differ.