{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-6.52",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-6.52.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/6.52",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "6.52",
  "heading": "After service",
  "text": "(1) Where service of a document has been effected by a process server, the process server must—\n(a) send to the Senior Master a copy of the document, and\n(i) proof of service; or\n(ii) a statement why the document could not be served; and\n(b) if the Senior Master directs, specify the costs incurred in serving or attempting to serve the document.\n(2) The Senior Master will send to the person who requested service—\n(a) a certificate, sealed with the seal of the Senior Courts for use out of the jurisdiction, stating—\n(i) when and how the document was served or the reason why it has not been served; and\n(ii) where appropriate, an amount certified by a costs judge to be the costs of serving or attempting to serve the document; and\n(b) a copy of the document.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 6 substituted (1.10.2008) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2008 (S.I. 2008/2178), rule 1(2), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 6.52(2)(a) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/2092), rules 1(2), 3(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/6.52",
    "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."
}