Service of documents by Court
21A Service of documents by Court
The service of a document on a person by the Court must be by one of the methods in the Table to this rule.
A document that is served by the Court by a method in the Table to this rule is to be taken to have been served at the time stated opposite the method in the Table, unless the contrary is proved.
Table
No. | How a document may be served on a person | When the document is to be taken to have been served |
|---|---|---|
1. | By posting it to the person’s address. | When it would be delivered to the address in the ordinary course of post. |
2. | By putting it in a pigeonhole at the Court that is used by the person’s legal practitioner. | On the next working day after it is put in the pigeonhole. |
3. | If the person has provided a fax number under the RSC Order 71A, by sending it by fax to that number. | If the fax is sent before 4.00 p.m. on a working day, on that day. Otherwise, on the next working day after the fax is sent. |
4. | If the person has provided an email address under the RSC Order 71A, by emailing it (whether or not as an attachment) to that address. | If the email is sent before 4.00 p.m. on a working day, on that day. Otherwise, on the next working day after the email is sent. |
5. | If the person has provided an email address under the RSC Order 71A, by putting it in an electronic mailbox maintained by the Court and sending the person an email at that address that says it is in the mailbox. | On the next working day after the email is sent. |
[Rule 21A inserted: Gazette 23 Dec 2005 p. 6271‑2; amended: Gazette 31 Jul 2007 p. 3809; SL 2022/108 r. 6.]
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