[F1PART 6E+WSERVICE OF DOCUMENTS

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IV SERVICE OF THE CLAIM FORM AND OTHER DOCUMENTS OUT OF THE JURISDICTIONE+W

Service of the claim form where the permission of the court is not required - Scotland and Northern IrelandE+W

6.32.(1) The claimant may serve the claim form on a defendant in Scotland or Northern Ireland where each claim made against the defendant to be served and included in the claim form is a claim which the court has power to determine under the 1982 Act and—

(a)no proceedings between the parties concerning the same claim are pending in the courts of any other part of the United Kingdom; and

(b)(i)the defendant is domiciled in the United Kingdom;

(ii)the proceedings are within paragraph 11 of Schedule 4 to the 1982 Act; or

(iii)the defendant is a party to an agreement conferring jurisdiction, within paragraph 12 of Schedule 4 to the 1982 Act.

(2) The claimant may serve the claim form on a defendant in Scotland or Northern Ireland where each claim made against the defendant to be served and included in the claim form is a claim which the court has power to determine under any enactment other than the 1982 Act notwithstanding that—

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

(b)the facts giving rise to the claim did not occur within the jurisdiction.]