{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-59.7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-59.7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/59.7",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "59.7",
  "heading": "Default judgment",
  "text": "(1) Part 12 applies to Circuit Commercial 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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 59 inserted (25.3.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 5) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/4015), rule 1(c), Sch. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Pt. 59 substituted (1.10.2017) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2017 (S.I. 2017/889), rules 1(1), 7(2)(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/59.7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:59.276840+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."
}