CLAIMANT SUCCESSFUL ON APPEAL ON “LATE” SERVICE OF CLAIM FORM ISSUE: THE COURT CANNOT BACKDATE DATE OF SEAL ON A CLAIM FORM

I am grateful to barrister Henry Bankes-Jones for sending me a copy of the Court of Appeal decision today in Walton -v- Pickerings Solicitors and F Brophy [2023] EWCA Civ 602.  Walton v Pickerings final The Court of Appeal allowed a decision relating to alleged late service of the claim form.  This ...