54Originating claim—filing and service

54 Originating claim—filing and service (1) An originating claim and accompanying statement of claim must be filed in the court and a sealed copy then served on each defendant. (2) The originating claim and accompanying statement of claim must be served personally on each defendant, unless otherwise provided by Note See r 6405 (How document is personally served). A number of rules provide that particular kinds of non-personal service are taken to be personal service eg r 6412 (Service of originating process by post— Magistrates Court) and r 6431 (Service on corporations—generally). Also, service may be made in another way eg by substituted service (see r 6460 (Substituted service)).