Service: Late delivery

Applications for extensions of time for service of a claim form are risky and should be avoided. Ian Meikle reports on the latest Court of Appeal guidance ‘The reason given for the need for more time was simply “there have been delays in arranging for service of the documents”. No witness statement was served with …
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Cases Referenced

  • Al-Zahra (PVT) Hospital & ors v DDM [2019] EWCA Civ 1103
  • Anderton v Clwyd County Council (No.2) [2002] EWCA Civ 933
  • Bayat Telephone Systems International Inc & ors v Cecil & ors [2011] EWCA Civ 135
  • Hashtroodi v Hancock [2004] EWCA Civ 652
  • Hoddinott & ors v Persimmon Homes (Wessex) Ltd [2007] EWCA Civ 1203