THE CLAIMANT HAD NOT SERVED THE CLAIM FORM PROPERLY: ORDER FOR SERVICE BY ALTERNATIVE MEANS WAS NOT EFFECTIVE WHEN THE DEFENDANT WAS RESIDENT ABROAD

In Broom v Aguilar [2024] EWHC 1764 (Ch) HHJ Paul Matthews (sitting as a High Court Judge) decided that a claim form had not been properly served when it was served at a time that the defendant was living abroad. The claimant had obtained an order for service by alternative means, however that order...