SERVICE POINTS 3: THE CLAIMANT COMES TO GRIEF OVER FAILURES OF SERVICE OF THE CLAIM FORM: THE COURT MADE MISTAKES BUT THE BUCK STOPS WITH THE SOLICITORS AND NOT THE COURT OFFICE

I remain surprised about how many of the cases relating to service of the claim form are professional negligence actions.   Perhaps those who conduct such work come to believe they have a degree of immunity from the normal rules of civil procedure (this may be the only rational explanation).  We hav...