[F1PART 6E+WSERVICE OF DOCUMENTS

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II SERVICE OF THE CLAIM FORM IN THE JURISDICTIONE+W

Personal serviceE+W

6.5.(1) Where required by another Part, any other enactment, a practice direction or a court order, a claim form must be served personally.

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

(a)where rule 6.7 applies; or

(b)in any proceedings against the Crown.

(Part 54 contains provisions about judicial review claims and Part 66 contains provisions about Crown proceedings.)

(3) A claim form is served personally on—

(a)an individual by leaving it with that individual;

(b)a company or other corporation by leaving it with a person holding a senior position within the company or corporation; or

(c)a partnership (where partners are being sued in the name of their firm) by leaving it with—

(i)a partner; or

(ii)a person who, at the time of service, has the control or management of the partnership business at its principal place of business.

(Practice Direction A supplementing this Part sets out the meaning of “senior position”.)]