Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2012] All ER (D) 58 (May)
Neutral Citation: [2012] EWHC 1065 (Comm)
Court: Queen's Bench Division, Commercial Court
Judge:

Judge Mackie QC sitting as a judge of the High Court

Representation Timothy Wormington (instructed by Nick Howe Solicitor) for the claimant.
  James Hatt (instructed by Watson Farley & Williams LLP) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates: 2 May 2012

Catchwords

Claim form - Service - Service out of the jurisdiction - Arbitration - Claimant serving arbitration claim form in Thailand - Defendant submitting claim form not being served by permitted method - Claimant seeking retrospective order for alternative service - Whether court should make retrospective order for alternative service - , - CPR 6.15, 6.40(3)(c).

The Case

Claim form Service. The Commercial Court ordered retrospective service of an arbitration claim form under CPR 6.15 as the facts of the instant arbitration took it out of the norm and made it exceptional.

Practice Areas

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