[F1Personal 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.
([F2Practice Direction 6A] sets out the meaning of “senior position”.)]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 6 substituted (1.10.2008) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2008 (S.I. 2008/2178), rule 1(2), Sch. 1
F2Words in rule 6.5 substituted (6.4.2010) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/3390), rules 1(2), 5(b)(ii)