{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-amendment-rules-1989/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-amendment-rules-1989/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/236",
  "legislation_title": "The County Court (Amendment) Rules 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-amendment-rules-1989",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Service on limited companies",
  "text": "In Order 7 the following new rule shall be substituted for rule 14–\n“Service on body corporate\n14 (1) Service of a summons on a body corporate may, in cases for which provision is not otherwise made by an enactment, be effected by serving it on the mayor, chairman or president of the body or the chief executive, clerk, secretary, treasurer or other similar officer thereof.\n(2) Service of a summons on a company registered in England and Wales may be effected by serving it at the registered office or at any place of business of the company which has some real connection with the cause or matter in issue.\n(3) Where a summons has been served under paragraph (2) other than at the registered office, and, after judgment has been entered or given or an order has been made, it appears to the court that the summons did not come to the knowledge of an appropriate person within the company in due time, the court may, upon application or of its own motion, set aside the judgment or order and may give such directions as it thinks fit.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/236/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:49:47.442227+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."
}