The Civil Procedure Rules 1998

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[F1Address for service [F2to be given after proceedings are started] E+W

6.23.—(1) [F3Unless the court orders otherwise, a party] to proceedings must give an address at which that party may be served with documents relating to those proceedings. The address must include a full postcode F4...F5....

F6...

[F7(2) Except where any other rule [F8, practice direction or order] makes different provision, a party’s address for service must be—

(a)the business address F9... within the United Kingdom F9... of a solicitor acting for the party to be served; or

F10(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)where there is no solicitor acting for the party F11...—

(i)an address within the United Kingdom at which the party resides or carries on business; F12...

F13(ii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(For Production Centre Claims see paragraph 2.3(7) [F14and (7A)] of Practice Direction [F157B]; for Money Claims Online see [F16paragraph 4(3A) and (6)] of Practice Direction [F177C]; and for Possession Claims Online see [F18paragraph 5.1(3A) and (4)] of Practice Direction 55B.)]

(3) Where [F19none of sub-paragraphs (2)(a) F20... or (c) applies], [F21unless the court orders otherwise] the party must give an address for service within the United Kingdom.

(Part 42 contains provisions about change of solicitor. Rule 42.1 provides that where a party gives the business address of a solicitor as that party’s address for service, that solicitor will be considered to be acting for the party until the provisions of Part 42 are complied with.)

(4) [F22Subject to the provisions of Section IV of this Part (where applicable), any] document to be served in proceedings must be sent or transmitted to, or left at, the party’s address for service under paragraph (2) or (3) unless it is to be served personally or the court orders otherwise.

(5) Where, in accordance with [F23Practice Direction 6A], a party indicates or is deemed to have indicated that they will accept service by fax, the fax number given by that party must be at the address for service.

(6) Where a party indicates in accordance with [F24Practice Direction 6A] that they will accept service by electronic means other than fax, the e-mail address or electronic identification given by that party will be deemed to be at the address for service.

(7) In proceedings by or against the Crown, service of any document in the proceedings on the Crown must be effected in the same manner prescribed in rule 6.10 as if the document were a claim form.

(8) This rule does not apply where an order made by the court under rule 6.27 (service by an alternative method or at an alternative place) specifies where a document may be served.

[F25(For service out of the jurisdiction see rules 6.40 to 6.47.)]]

Textual Amendments

F1Pt. 6 substituted (1.10.2008) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2008 (S.I. 2008/2178), rule 1(2), Sch. 1

F2Words in rule 6.23 heading inserted (6.4.2011) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2011 (S.I. 2011/88), rules 1, 4(o)(i)

F3Words in rule 6.23(1) substituted (1.10.2022) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/783), rules 1(1), 7(3)(a)(i)

F4Words in rule 6.23(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/521), regs. 1(1), 4(14)(a) (with reg. 18) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1493, regs. 1(1), 9(2)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)