{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-79.8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-79.8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/79.8",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "79.8",
  "heading": "Service of the claim form and accompanying documents",
  "text": "The court will—\n(a) serve on the appropriate Minister and any special advocate (if one has been appointed)—\n(i) the claim form; and\n(ii) the documents specified in rule 79.6(3); and\n(b) send to all parties and any special advocate a notice of the directions hearing date (where such date is not endorsed on the claim form).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 79 inserted (4.12.2008) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2008 (S.I. 2008/3085), rule 1, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 79.8 substituted (1.3.2019) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) (EU Exit) Rules 2019 (S.I. 2019/147), rules 1, 3(8)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/79.8",
    "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."
}