Deadlines and court costs for lawyers, computed and sourced
Procedure tools for lawyers in Belgium. Every result shows its steps, the article behind each one and the date its rules were checked.
Last day to act
02/11/2026
Monday, 2 November 2026
- 02/10/2026Service of the act
- 03/10/2026Day 1: the next day (the day of the act is not counted)
- 02/11/20261 month, from date to the day before the same date
- 02/11/2026Last day to act
- Every step with its article
- Sources and verification date on every rule
- Case data stays in your browser
Most used
- Procedural deadline calculatorAppeal, opposition, cassation and more: the end date with every step of arts. 48 to 57 of the Judicial Code.ExampleCivil appeal, judgment served on 2 October 2026: last day Monday 2 November 2026.Open
- Client cost estimateProcedural indemnity, court fees, bailiff, interest and fees per scenario, in a document for your client.ExampleA €12,500 claim at first instance: case won, lost or settled, item by item.Open
- Interest calculatorLegal, commercial or agreed interest across rate changes, with partial payments.Example€10,000 at the legal rate over 2025: €450 of interest.Open
All tools
Deadlines
Judicial calendar
Conclusions
Court and language
Costs
- Client cost estimateProcedural indemnity, court fees, bailiff, interest and fees per scenario, in a document for your client.
- Procedural indemnityMinimum, base and maximum amounts by bracket, with the applicable index.
- Court feesRegistration fee and contribution to the legal aid fund, by court and instance.
- Interest calculatorLegal, commercial or agreed interest across rate changes, with partial payments.
Foreign nationals
Enforcement
Common deadlines, set up in advance
One page per deadline: pick it, enter the date, and the last day appears with every step.
Civil procedure
- Appeal, civil matters (1 month)
- Opposition to a civil default judgment (1 month)
- Cassation appeal, civil matters (3 months)
- Requête civile (6 months)
- Appearance period of a summons (8 days)
- Appearance period in summary proceedings (2 days)
- Observations on the calendar, art. 747 (1 month)
- New document or fact, art. 748 (30 days before the hearing)
Criminal procedure
Council of State and Constitutional Court
Understand the rules
One guide per procedure, with the articles, worked examples and the tool that applies them.
- Computing procedural deadlines under the Belgian Judicial CodeHow a Belgian procedural deadline is computed: starting point, day one, months, weekends and holidays, parties abroad and the last moment to file.
- The judicial vacation and Belgian appeal deadlinesWhen the Belgian judicial vacation extends an appeal or opposition deadline to 15 September, what it does not extend, and examples with 2026 dates.
- Conclusion deadlines under article 747 of the Judicial CodeHow the Belgian conclusion calendar works under art. 747: agreed or judicial calendar, observations, the judge's order, late conclusions and art. 748.
- Drafting conclusions under articles 743 and 744 of the Judicial CodeWhat Belgian conclusions must contain: parties and role number (art. 743), facts, claims, means and dispositif (art. 744), synthesis and inventory.