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6.26.—(1) A party to proceedings must give an address at which that party may be served with documents relating to those proceedings.
(2) Subject to paragraph (4), a party's address for service must be—
(a)the business address either within the United Kingdom or any other EEA state of a solicitor acting for the party to be served; or
(b)where there is no solicitor acting for the party to be served, an address within the United Kingdom at which the party resides or carries on business.
(“EEA state” is defined in Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978.)
(3) Where there is no solicitor acting for the party to be served and the party does not have an address within the United Kingdom at which that party resides or carries on business, the party must, subject to paragraph (4), give an address for service within the United Kingdom.
(4) A party who—
(a)has been served with an application for a matrimonial or civil partnership order outside the United Kingdom; and
(b)apart from acknowledging service of the application, does not take part in the proceedings,
need not give an address for service within the United Kingdom.
(5) Any document to be served in proceedings must be sent, or transmitted to, or left at, the party's address for service unless it is to be served personally or the court orders otherwise.
(6) Where, in accordance with Practice 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.
(7) Where a party indicates in accordance with Practice Direction 6A, that they will accept service by [F1e-mail], the e-mail address F2... given by that party will be deemed to be F3... the address for service.
(8) This rule does not apply where an order made by the court under rule 6.35 (service by an alternative method or at an alternative place) specifies where a document may be served.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in rule 6.26(7) substituted (7.12.2015) by The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2015 (S.I. 2015/1868), rules 1(2), 6(a)
F2Words in rule 6.26(7) omitted (7.12.2015) by virtue of The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2015 (S.I. 2015/1868), rules 1(2), 6(b)
F3Word in rule 6.26(7) omitted (7.12.2015) by virtue of The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2015 (S.I. 2015/1868), rules 1(2), 6(c)
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