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What do you mean the bishop cannot leapfrog my pawns. I know that’s the rule but it’s nonsense!

Now ask joe public “The rules say that you cannot serve by email unless confirmation has been given beforehand. Such confirmation was not given so was the claim served when it was only sent by email?”

They will say “No”. They might think it’s a silly rule but that does not make C’s actions right. Then ask them what they’d think if they’d received service by email but hadn’t known they’d been served and they had a judgment against them. They’d be screaming about it.

The rule caters for all people, not just those that have large solicitor firms working for them. Better to have one solid rule than different ones catering for different situations. Certainty and all that.

How many of us know people who have an email account but don’t use it or even know how to check it? Hell, I even have one client who does not have a computer, tablet, mobile or even a home telephone, yet he has an email account that he checks once per month at the library. Fair to just email him? I don’t think so.