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Mis-service of the claim form: A triumph of form over substance?
Howard Elgot and Abigail Telford discuss a case that ended up in the Supreme Court concerning a procedural issue ‘Those seeking to serve a claim form by any mode should take particular care to comply with the rules and practice directions.‘ In Barton v Wright Hassall [2018], the claimant (C), acting as a litigant in …
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- Abela & ors v Baadarani [2013] UKSC 44
- Barton v Wright Hassall LLP [2018] UKSC 12
- Miessen v Belgium [2016] ECHR 910
- Nata Lee Ltd v Abid [2014] EWCA Civ 1652
- Woodward & anor v Phoenix Healthcare Distribution Ltd [2018] EWHC 334 (Ch)