# The Supreme Court Rules 2024, Rule 8: Service


(1) “Portal service” means the service of a document which has been filed by a portal party by—
(a) a notification appearing in the portal containing a statement to the effect that that document has been filed; and
(b) the sending of an email alert from the portal to—
(i) the email address for service of the party to be served; and
(ii) the email address for service of the party who would, apart from this rule, be required to serve the document.
(2) If an email alert relating to a document is sent to a party in accordance with paragraph (1)(b)(i), the document is taken to be served on the party—
(a) on the day the email alert was sent if the email alert was sent during the office hours of the Registry; or
(b) on the next business day after the email alert was sent if the email alert was sent outside those hours.
(3) “Non-portal service” means service by any of the following methods—
(a) personal service;
(b) a service which provides for tracked delivery and which notifies the sender of the date on which the document is delivered to the addressee;
(c) (with the consent of the party to be served or at the direction of the Registrar) by electronic means in accordance with the relevant practice direction.
(4) Where the postal address of a non-portal party on whom a document is to be served is unknown, the Registrar may direct that service is effected by an alternative method of service.
(5) A certificate of service by a non-portal party is a certificate giving details of the persons served, and the method of service used, and must state the date on which the document was served personally, delivered to the addressee by the tracked delivery service or sent electronically, as the case may be.
(6) In these Rules, unless expressly otherwise provided, where a party is required to serve a document on another party—
(a) a portal party must serve other portal parties by way of portal service and must serve non-portal parties by way of non-portal service;
(b) a non-portal party must serve all parties by way of non-portal service.
(7) A document served by personal delivery or by electronic means is treated as served on the day it is delivered or sent electronically. A document served by a tracked delivery service is treated as served on the day on which it is delivered to the addressee, according to the notification provided by the service to the sender.
(8) Non-portal service must take place within 7 days of filing the document or of the document being issued by the Court, whichever is the later, subject to any direction to the contrary by the Registrar.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/949/rule/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/supreme-court-rules-2024/rule-8
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