Certificate of Service
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4 November 2011
Form N215 is used for a Certificate of Service of a claim form in the
jurisdiction.
Rule 6.17 of the Civil Procedure Rules states that where a court serves
a claim form the court will send the claimant a notice which will
include the date on which the claim form is deemed served under rule
6.14.
Where the claimant serves the claim form they must file a Certificate
of Claim within 21 days of service of the particulars of claim unless
all defendants to the proceedings have filed acknowledgements of
service within that time.
A claimant cannot obtain a default judgement unless a Certificate of
Service has been filed.
The Certificate of Service must state the category of address at which
the claimant believes the claim form is served and the method of
service.
The certificate must be verified by a statement of truth. It does not
need to state that a claim form has not been returned undelivered.
By Owen Ross - Owen is a trainee solicitor with
Lawdit Solicitors and can be contacted through email at
owen.ross@Lawdit.co.uk.
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