SERVICE POINTS 28 : EFFECTIVE SERVICE ON A RESIDENCE IN ENGLAND COULD NOT TAKE PLACE WHEN THE DEFENDANT WAS IN FACT ABROAD – AND LEGALLY PREVENTED FROM RETURNING

We are looking at a Court of Appeal judgment today which overturned a finding that a defendant had been properly served at an address in England.  The defendant was not living in England when proceedings were served and, indeed, there was a legal ban on his returning.   The Court held that the court...