Conclusion schedule

A proposed schedule for filing conclusions (art. 747 Judicial Code): the parties in turn, each term from the day after the previous one, then a hearing date. As a calendar, or as text for a letter of agreement to the other lawyer.

Start date

The introductory hearing or the day the schedule is agreed. That day is not counted (art. 52).

Number of conclusions (together)

E.g. 4: defendant, claimant, defendant (synthesis), claimant (synthesis). Each party’s last conclusion is a synthesis conclusion (art. 748bis).

Who files first

Days between the last conclusion and the hearing

Only a proposal: the court sets the hearing date (art. 747).

Term per round, defendant

Term per round, claimant

The law sets no length: the parties agree or the judge decides (art. 747). One month per round is common practice, not a rule: adjust and check.

Leave out the judicial holidaysA practice, not the law: the judicial holidays (1 July – 31 August, art. 334) do not suspend these terms. When ticked, each term is extended by the holiday days in it.Last day on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday moved to the next working dayArt. 53 applies to procedural terms (art. 48); for an agreed date it is simplest to choose a working day. Check.

Art. 747 §1 Judicial Code: the parties may agree the terms for conclusions and the hearing date; the judge records them. §2: otherwise the judge sets them. A conclusion filed after its term is excluded from the debates ex officio. A term in months runs to the day before the same date (art. 54). Check the current text and the numbering of its paragraphs.

A proposal to check, not advice. Only what the parties agree and the judge records counts.