WHEN HAS A PARTY CONSENTED TO SERVICE OF DOCUMENTS BY EMAIL? IS A FAILURE TO OBTAIN SPECIFIC CONSENT IN ADVANCE FATAL TO VALID SERVICE?
We are carrying on with the review of the appeal judgment that considered key issues in relation to service by electronic means. Here the judge considered whether the claimant’s failure to obtain the defendant’s specific consent prior to service rendered…
WHAT TIME IS SERVICE BY EMAIL DEEMED TO ARRIVE ON “THE SAME WORKING DAY”? AN ISSUE THAT HAD IMPORTANT CONSEQUENCES IN THIS CASE
We are returning to look again at the case considered in the previous post. This time honing in on the error that was made initially in relation to the time for service of a notice of discontinuance. The District Judge…
CLAIMANT FAILS TO SERVE CLAIM FORM PROPERLY IN £10 MILLION CASE: A PARTY “COURTING DISASTER” HAD BROUGHT THIS SITUATION ON THEMSELVES.
We see a classic mistake as to service of the claim form in the judgment of Mr Justice Fraser in LSREF 3 Tiger Falkirk Ltd I S.a.r.l & Anor v Paragon Building Consultancy Ltd [2021] EWHC 2063 (TCC). The claimant…
SERVICE BY EMAIL: WHO ARE YOU SERVING? A POINT TO WATCH
The judgment in Glencore Agriculture BV v Conqueror Holdings Ltd [2017] EWHC 2893 highlights a crucial point about service by email. If you are (and are allowed to) serve by email – check that the address being used is the the…
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