Term dates

The term dates for the legal year apply to sittings in the High Court and Court of Appeal only, and are fixed in accordance with the Practice Direction which supplements Part 39 of the Civil Procedure Rules available on the Ministry of Justice website.

2008 - 2009

Michaelmas: 1 October 2008 – 21 December 2008

Hilary: 12th January 2009 – 8th April 2009

Easter: 21st April 2009 – 22nd May 2009*

Trinity: 2nd June 2009 – 31st July 2009

*Courts will not sit on Monday 4th May 2009 as this will be a Bank Holiday.

2007 - 2008

Michaelmas: 1 October 2007 – 21 December 2007

Hilary: 11th January 2008 – 19th March 2008

Easter: 1st April 2008 – 23rd May 2008*

Trinity: 3rd June 2008 – 31st July 2008

*Courts will not sit on Monday 5th May 2008 as this will be a Bank Holiday.

2006 - 2007

Michaelmas - 2 October 2006 - 21 December 2006.

Hilary - 11 January 2007 - Wednesday 4 April 2007

Easter - 17 April 2007 - 25 May 2007*

Trinity - 5 June 2007 - 31 July 2007

*Courts will not sit on Monday 7th May 2007 as this will be a Bank Holiday.

2005 - 2006

Michaelmas - 3 October 2005 - 21 December 2005

Hilary - 11 January 2006 - 12 April 2006

Easter - 25 April 2006 - 26 May 2006

Trinity - 6 June 2006 - 31 July 2006

2004 - 2005

Michaelmas - 1 October 2004 - 21 December 2004

Hilary - 11 January 2005 - 23 March 2005

Easter - 5 April 2005 - 27 May 2005

Trinity - 7 June 2005 - 29 July 2005

2003 - 2004

Michaelmas - 1 October 2003 - 19 December 2003

Hilary - 12 January 2004 - 7 April 2004

Easter - 20 April 2004 - 28 May 2004

Trinity - 8 June 2004 - 30 July 2004

2002 - 2003

Michaelmas - 1 October 2002 - 20 December 2002

Hilary - 13 January 2003 - 16 April 2003

Easter - 29 April 2003 - 23 May 2003

Trinity - 3 June 2003 - 31 July 2003

2001 - 2002

Michaelmas - 1 October 2001 - 21 December 2001

Hilary - 11 January 2002 - 27 March 2002

Easter - 9 April 2002 - 31 May 2002

Trinity - 11 June 2002 - 31 July 2002