The Civil Procedure Rules 1998

[F1 Personal service E+W

6.22.— (1) Where required by another Part, any other enactment, a practice direction or a court order, a document must be served personally.

(2) In other cases, a document may be served personally except—

(a) where the party to be served has given an address for service under rule 6.23F2 ...; or

(b) in any proceedings by or against the Crown.

(3) A document may be served personally as if the document were a claim form in accordance with rule 6.5(3).

[F3 (For service out of the jurisdiction see rules 6.40 to 6.47.)]]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 6 substituted (1.10.2008) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2008 (S.I. 2008/2178), rule 1(2), Sch. 1

F2 Word in rule 6.22(2)(a) omitted (6.4.2011) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2011 (S.I. 2011/88), rules 1, 4(n)(i)

F3 Words in rule 6.22 inserted (6.4.2011) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2011 (S.I. 2011/88), rules 1, 4(n)(ii)