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SUPREME COURT (GENERAL CIVIL PROCEDURE) RULES 2015 (SR NO 103 OF 2015) - REG 20.05

Address for service

    (1)     The address for service of a party

        (a)     who changes the party's solicitor and files and serves notice under Rule 20.01, shall be the business address of the new solicitor;

        (b)     who appoints a solicitor in the circumstances referred to in Rule 20.02 , shall be the business address of the solicitor;

        (c)     for whom a solicitor has ceased to act, where notice is filed and served by the solicitor under Rule 20.03 without leave, shall be the address stated in the notice.

    (2)     The Court may by order direct what address shall be the address for service of a party for whom a solicitor has ceased to act where the Court —

        (a)     under Rule 20.03(3) or (4) gives a solicitor leave to file notice that the solicitor has ceased to act; or

        (b)     under Rule 20.04(1) by order declares that a solicitor has ceased to act.

    (3)     Where the Court makes no order under paragraph (2), any document in the proceeding which is not required to be served personally may be served on the party for whom the solicitor has ceased to act by filing it.

    (4)     A party who serves a document by filing in accordance with paragraph (3) shall indorse upon a backsheet or on the back of the last sheet a statement that the document is filed as such service.



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