{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-northern-ireland-amendment-2008/rule-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-northern-ireland-amendment-2008/rule-3.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2008/22",
  "legislation_title": "The Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-northern-ireland-amendment-2008",
  "path": "rule/3",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) 1980",
  "text": "In Order 12—\n(1) for rule 1(2) substitute—\n“(2) A defendant to such an action who is a body corporate may only enter an appearance in the action or defend it by—\n(a) a solicitor; or\n(b) an employee if—\n(i) the employee has been authorised by the body corporate to enter an appearance in the action or defend it on its behalf; and\n(ii) the Court grants leave for the employee to do so.”;\n(2) for rule 3(3) substitute—\n“(3) A memorandum of appearance must specify—\n(a) in the case of a defendant appearing in person, the address of his place of residence and, if his place of residence is not within the jurisdiction or if he has no place of residence, the address of a place within the jurisdiction at or to which documents for him may be delivered or sent;\n(b) in the case of a body corporate appearing by an employee, the registered or principal office of the body corporate within the jurisdiction or if it has no registered or principal office within the jurisdiction, the address of a place within the jurisdiction at or to which documents may be delivered or sent;\n(c) in the case of a defendant appearing by a solicitor, a business address of his solicitor’s within the jurisdiction,\nand where the defendant enters an appearance in person or by an employee the address within the jurisdiction specified under sub-paragraph (a) or (b) shall be the address for service, but otherwise the business address of the defendant’s solicitor shall be the address for service.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1980 No. 346 to which the most recent relevant amendments were made by S.R. 2006 No.305 and S.R. 2007 No. 189"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/22/rule/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:38:09.120370+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."
}