RETROSPECTIVE VALIDATION OF SERVICE, THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF SERVICE AND THE SETTING ASIDE OF DEFAULT JUDGMENT

In  YA II PN Ltd v Frontera Resources Corporation [2021] EWHC 1380 (Comm) Mr Justice Butcher considered the question of whether a default judgment was regular when the court had, retrospectively, validated service of the claim form.  He found that retrospective validation gave rise to a new timetabl...