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UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 2005 - REG 10.11 Service of process on partner in limited partnership

UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 2005 - REG 10.11

Service of process on partner in limited partnership

10.11 Service of process on partner in limited partnership

(cf SCR Part 64, rule 3A)

(1) This rule applies to any proceedings against a partner in a limited partnership (within the meaning of Part 3 of the Partnership Act 1892 ) in respect of anything done or omitted to be done by any person in the course of, or in relation to, a business carried on by the partnership.
(2) For the purposes of any such proceedings, any document may be served on the defendant, whether sued in his or her own name or under the firm-name of the partnership--
(a) by leaving it with a person who is apparently engaged in the business, and apparently of or above the age of 16 years, at the registered office of the partnership, or
(b) by sending it by post, addressed to the firm-name of the partnership, to the registered office of the partnership.
(3) For the purposes of any such proceedings--
(a) service of a document in accordance with subrule (2) is taken to constitute personal service, and
(b) the place at which the document is left as referred to in subrule (2)(a), or to which the document is sent as referred to in subrule (2)(b), is taken to be the place of service of the document, and
(c) in the case of a document sent as referred to in subrule (2)(b), the document is taken to have been served at the end of 7 days after the day on which it was sent.
(4) This rule does not limit any other law with respect to the service of documents.