{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-63.14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-63.14.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/63.14",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "63.14",
  "heading": "Service of documents",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), Part 6 applies to service of a claim form and any document in any proceedings under this Part.\n(2) A claim form relating to a registered right may be served—\n(a) on a party who has registered the right at the address for service given for that right in the appropriate register at—\n(i) the United Kingdom Patent Office...\n(ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nprovided the address is within the United Kingdom; or\n(b) in accordance with rule ... 6.33(1) or 6.33(2) on a party who has registered the right at the address for service given for that right in the appropriate register at—\n(i) the United Kingdom Patent Office...\n(ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) Where a party seeks any remedy (whether by claim form, counterclaim or application notice), which would if granted affect an entry in any United Kingdom Patent Office register, that party must serve on the Comptroller or registrar—\n(a) the claim form, counterclaim or application notice;\n(b) any other statement of case where relevant (including any amended statement of case); and\n(c) any accompanying documents.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 63 substituted (1.10.2009) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/2092), rule 1(2), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Rule 63.14(2)(a) substituted (6.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/407), rules 2(3), 27(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in rule 63.14(2)(a)(i) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/521), regs. 1(1), 13(4)(a)(i) (with reg. 24) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1493, regs. 1(1), 9(2)(g); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Rule 63.14(2)(a)(ii) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/521), regs. 1(1), 13(4)(a)(ii) (with reg. 24) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1493, regs. 1(1), 9(2)(g); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in rule 63.14(2)(b) omitted (6.4.2014) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/407), rules 2(3), 27(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Word in rule 63.14(2)(b)(i) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/521), regs. 1(1), 13(4)(b)(i) (with reg. 24) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1493, regs. 1(1), 9(2)(g); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Rule 63.14(2)(b)(ii) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/521), regs. 1(1), 13(4)(b)(ii) (with reg. 24) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1493, regs. 1(1), 9(2)(g); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/63.14",
    "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."
}