{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-appeal-tribunal-rules-2015/rule-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-appeal-tribunal-rules-2015/rule-31.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/1648",
  "legislation_title": "The Competition Appeal Tribunal Rules 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-appeal-tribunal-rules-2015",
  "path": "rule/31",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Service out of the jurisdiction",
  "text": "(1) Where the claim form is to be served on one or more foreign defendants and the permission of the Tribunal is not required for service out of the jurisdiction, the claimant shall file with the claim form a notice verified by a statement of truth signed and dated by the claimant or on its behalf by its duly authorised officer or legal representative, setting out—\n(a) the grounds on which the claimant is entitled to serve the claim form out of the jurisdiction; and\n(b) any material facts relied on.\n(2) Where the permission of the Tribunal is required for service of the claim form on one or more foreign defendants out of the jurisdiction, the claimant shall make an application for permission verified by a statement of truth setting out—\n(a) the address of such foreign defendant or, if not known, in what place that defendant is, or is likely, to be found; and\n(b) that the claimant believes that the claim against any such foreign defendant has a reasonable prospect of success; and\n(c) if under rule 30(3)(b), the claimant contends that the proceedings are to be treated as taking place in England and Wales, which ground set out in paragraph 3.1 of Practice Direction 6B of the CPR is relied on; or\n(d) if under rule 30(3)(b), the claimant contends that the proceedings are to be treated as taking place in Scotland, which ground set out in Schedule 8 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 is relied on; or\n(e) if under rule 30(3)(b), the claimant contends that the proceedings are to be treated as taking place in Northern Ireland, which ground set out in rule 1(1) of Order 11 of the Rules of the Court of Judicature (Northern Ireland) 1980 is relied on; and\n(f) any material facts relied on.\n(3) Where paragraph (2) applies, the Tribunal shall not give permission for service out of the jurisdiction unless satisfied that the Tribunal is the proper place in which to bring the claim.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1982 c. 27; Schedule 8 was substituted by S.I. 2001/3929 and amended by SI 2011/1484."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "S.R. 1980/346; the Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) 1980 were renamed in accordance with paragraph 3 of Schedule 11 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1648/rule/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:32:44.195082+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."
}