6464Acceptance of service by solicitor

6464 Acceptance of service by solicitor (1) A solicitor may accept service of a document for a person (the relevant person). (a) make a note on a copy of the document to the effect that the solicitor accepts service for the relevant person; and

Rule 6465 (b) give the copy to the person serving the document. (3) The relevant person is taken to have been served with the document on the day the solicitor accepts service of the document, unless the relevant person proves the solicitor did not have authority to accept service for the relevant person. (4) For any provision of these rules requiring personal service of a document, service of the document on the solicitor under this rule is taken to be personal service on the relevant person.