If special service of a document is not required, the document may be served
on a person:
- (a)
- by any method of special service;
- (b)
- if the person has given an address for service:
- (i)
- by delivering it to the address in a sealed envelope addressed to the
person;
- (ii)
- by sending it to the address by post in a sealed envelope addressed to
the person; or
- (iii)
- by sending it to the facsimile or e-mail address stated in the address
for service by electronic communication addressed to the person (see
rule 7.16);
(c) if the person has not given an address for service:
- (i)
- by handing it to
the person;
- (ii)
- by delivering it to the person's last known address or place of business
in a sealed envelope addressed to the person; or
- (iii)
- by sending it by post in a sealed envelope addressed to the person at
the person's last known address or place of business;
- (d)
- if a lawyer representing the person agrees, in writing, to accept service
of the document, by sending it to the lawyer; or
(e) if the person's address for service includes the number of a lawyer's
document exchange box, by delivering it in a sealed envelope, addressed to the
lawyer at that box address, to:
- (i)
- that box; or
- (ii)
- a box provided at another branch of the document exchange for delivery of
documents to the box address.