The Civil Procedure Rules 1998

[F1 Default judgment E+W

58.8— (1) If, in a Part 7 claim in the commercial list, a defendant fails to file an acknowledgment of service, the claimant need not serve particulars of claim before he may obtain or apply for default judgment in accordance with Part 12.

(2) Rule [F2 12.7(1)] applies with the modification that paragraph (a) shall be read as if it referred to the claim form instead of the particulars of claim.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 58 inserted (25.3.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 5) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/4015), rule 1(c), Sch. 2

F2 Word in rule 58.8(2) substituted (1.10.2022) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/783), rules 1(1), 24