The Civil Procedure Rules 1998

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6.33  Process will be served where the Senior Master receives—

(a)a written request for service—

(i)where the foreign court or tribunal is in a convention country, from a consular or other authority of that country; or

(ii)from the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with a recommendation that service should be effected;

(b)a translation of that request into English;

(c)two copies of the process to be served; and

(d)unless the foreign court or tribunal certifies that the person to be served understands the language of the process, two copies of a translation of it into English.]