any other enactment, a rule in another Part, or a practice direction makes a different provision; or

the court orders otherwise.

personal service, in accordance with rule 6.4;

first class post (or an alternative service which provides for delivery on the next working day);

leaving the document at a place specified in rule 6.5;

through a document exchange in accordance with the relevant practice direction; or

by fax or other means of electronic communication in accordance with the relevant practice direction.

section 725 of the Companies Act 1985(¹) (service by leaving a document at or posting it to an authorised place);

section 695 of that Act (service on overseas companies); and

section 694A of that Act (service of documents on companies incorporated outside the UK and Gibraltar and having a branch in Great Britain).

a rule provides that a party must serve the document in question;

the party on whose behalf the document is to be served notifies the court that he wishes to serve it himself;

a practice direction provides otherwise;

the court orders otherwise; or

the court has failed to serve and has sent a notice of non-service to the party on whose behalf the document is to be served in accordance with rule 6.11.

is authorised to accept service on behalf of a party; and

has notified the party serving the document in writing that he is so authorised,

a partner; or

a person who, at the time of service, has the control or management of the partnership business at its principal place of business.

does not give the business address of his solicitor as his address for service; and

resides or carries on business within the jurisdiction,

by first class post (or an alternative service which provides for delivery on the next working day);

by leaving it at the place of service;

through a document exchange; or

by fax or by other means of electronic communication,

a solicitor is acting for the party to be served; and

the document to be served is not the claim form;

no solicitor is acting for the party to be served; and

the party has not given an address for service,

service on the Attorney General must be effected on the Treasury Solicitor;

service on a government department must be effected on the solicitor acting for that department as required by section 18 of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947.

After 5 p.m., on a business day; or

At any time on a Saturday, Sunday or a Bank Holiday,

must be supported by evidence; and

may be made without notice.

the method of service; and

the date when the document will be deemed to be served.

a document to be served by the court is served by post; and

such document is returned to the court,

the court bailiff is to serve a document; and

the bailiff is unable to serve it,

he must file a certificate of service within 7 days of service of the claim form; and

he may not obtain judgment in default under Part 12 unless he has filed the certificate of service.

a contract contains a term providing that, in the event of a claim being issued in relation to the contract, the claim form may be served by a method specified in the contract; and

a claim form containing only a claim in respect of that contract is issued,

permission to serve it out of the jurisdiction has been granted under rule 6.20; or

it may be served without permission under rule 6.19.

the defendant is overseas; and

the conditions specified in paragraph (2) are satisfied,

the contract to which the claim relates was entered into within the jurisdiction with or through the defendant’s agent; and

at the time of the application either the agent’s authority has not been terminated or he is still in business relations with his principal.

must be supported by evidence; and

may be made without notice.

the order; and

the claim form.

service out of the jurisdiction;

how to obtain the permission of the court to serve out of the jurisdiction; and

the procedure for serving out of the jurisdiction.

‘the 1982 Act’ means the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982(²);

‘the Hague Convention’ means the Convention on the service abroad of judicial and extra-judicial documents in civil or commercial matters signed at the Hague on November 15, 1965(³);

‘Contracting State’ has the meaning given by section 1(3) of the 1982 Act;

‘Convention territory’ means the territory or territories of any Contracting State to which the Brussels or Lugano Conventions (as defined in section 1(1) of the 1982 Act) apply;

‘Civil Procedure Convention’ means the Brussels and Lugano Conventions and any other Convention entered into by the United Kingdom regarding service outside the jurisdiction;

‘the Service regulation’ means Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 of 29 May 2000 on the service in the Member States of judical and extrajudical documents in civil or commercial matters;

‘United Kingdom Overseas Territory’ means those territories as set out in the relevant practice direction.

‘domicile’ is to be determined–

‘claim form’ includes petition and application notice;

‘claim’ includes petition and application.

‘the Judgments Regulation’ means Council Regulation (EC) No. 44/2001 of 22^nd December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters, as amended from time to time and as applied by the Agreement made on 19th October 2005 between the European Community and the Kingdom of Denmark on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters(⁴); and

‘Regulation State’ means a Member State.

no proceedings between the parties concerning the same claim are pending in the courts of any other part of the United Kingdom or any other Convention territory; and

no proceedings between the parties concerning the same claim are pending in the courts of any other part of the United Kingdom or any other Regulation State; and

the person against whom the claim is made is not within the jurisdiction; or

the facts giving rise to the claim did not occur within the jurisdiction.

there is between the claimant and that person a real issue which it is reasonable for the court to try; and

the claimant wishes to serve the claim form on another person who is a necessary or proper party to that claim.

was made within the jurisdiction;

was made by or through an agent trading or residing within the jurisdiction;

is governed by English law; or

contains a term to the effect that the court shall have jurisdiction to determine any claim in respect of the contract.

damage was sustained within the jurisdiction; or

the damage sustained resulted from an act committed within the jurisdiction.

the trusts ought to be executed according to English law; and

the person on whom the claim form is to be served is a trustee of the trusts.

in the nature of salvage and any part of the services took place within the jurisdiction; or

to enforce a claim under section 153, 154 or 175 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995(a).

the grounds on which the application is made and the paragraph or paragraphs of rule 6.20 relied on;

that the claimant believes that his claim has a reasonable prospect of success; and

the defendant’s address or, if not known, in what place or country the defendant is, or is likely, to be found.

the application is for permission to serve a claim form in Scotland or Northern Ireland; and

it appears to the court that the claimant may also be entitled to a remedy there, the court, in deciding whether to give permission, shall –

file an acknowledgment of service;

file or serve an admission; and

file a defence.

where the defendant is served with a claim form which states that particulars of claim are to follow, 21 days after the service of the particulars of claim; and

in any other case, 21 days after service of the claim form.