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Roger

I agree with your views although have been more fortunate in a recent application in which I had to go to great, and I would suggest unnecessary, lengths to demonstrate to the Court the means by which the professionally advised Claimant, or the Claimant's solicitors themselves, could have found the Defendant's correct address had they made reasonable attempts to do so, and without going to great expense, rather than simply relying upon the last known address from their records that were probably hopelessly out of date. I suspect, as we all know to our cost, that at the end of the day the result of any such application depends upon the opinion of the District Judge before whom it is initially heard, and the interpretation of the Rules that he or she is prepared to follow.

I also agree that it's high time this was addressed to cure this anomaly once and for all. I intend to write to the Civil Procedure Role Committee, and invite all those of a like mind to do so. Details on the Civil Procedure Rules Committee website, but for quick reference the contact and address are as follows:

Jane Wright
Secretary to the Civil Procedure Rule Committee
Justice Policy Group
Ministry of Justice
Post Point 4.37
102 Petty France
London SW1H 9AJ

(or DX 152380 Westminster 8)