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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-no-5-rules-2001/schedule-3/paragraph-59.7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/4015",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 5) Rules 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-no-5-rules-2001",
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  "number": "59.7",
  "heading": "Default judgment",
  "text": "(1) Part 12 applies to mercantile claims, except that rules 12.10 and 12.11 apply as modified by paragraphs (2) and (3) of this rule.\n(2) If, in a Part 7 claim—\n(a) the claim form has been served but no particulars of claim have been served; and\n(b) the defendant has failed to file an acknowledgment of service,\nthe claimant must make an application if he wishes to obtain a default judgment.\n(3) The application may be made without notice, but the court may direct it to be served on the defendant.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/4015/schedule/3/paragraph/59.7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:18:38.999766+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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