SERVICE POINTS 6: THERE ARE NO EASILY ACCESSIBLE “BACKDOOR” METHODS FOR CIRUMVENTING THE RULES RELATING TO APPLICATIONS FOR RETROSPECTIVE SERVICE

It may not have escaped reader's notice that we have already started the month by looking at a case about defects in the service of the claim form.  The claimants in that case (which was said to be a £22 million claim) were equally unsuccessful when, having had the extensions of time for service set...