CLAIMANT FAILS TO SERVE THE CLAIM FORM PROPERLY: DEFENDANT FAILS TO NOTICE AND APPLIES TO STRIKE OUT ACTION: APPLICATION WAS UNNECCESARY & DEFENDANT NOT AWARDED COSTS

In Johnson v Devon And Cornwall Police & Ors [2023] EWHC 690 (Ch) HHJ Paul Matthews (sitting as a High Court Judge) held that a defendant should have known that the proceedings against it had not been served properly.  The defendant's application to strike out was unnecessary and the defendant w...