Stat Dem - Personal Service Required?

[Esio Trot]

A friend of mine recently moved, and a SD sent to him at his old address by ordinary first class mail was forwarded to him under Royal Mail's redirection service on Saturday. We reckon he still has 13 days left to act if he wishes to set it aside.

He is adamant that he is not going to respond, and if a petition is raised he is going to dispute that the SD was ever served on him.

He is taking this stance as he was told some time ago that service can always be disputed, and the case thrown out if the SD was served by any means other than personally.

I am of the opinion that he is playing a dangerous game, because while personal service is probably the preferred and only sure method of proving service from a claimants point of view, most claimants (including I understand government departments like HMRC) will just use first class mail.

Any advice please?

[Curlyben]

Re: Stat Dem - Personal Service Required?

Who's the claimant and amount ?

As you say a dangerous game to play.
Yes personal service is the first call, but service via registered mail to the last known address is acceptable.
Normal first class mail isn't good enough..

[Craig S]

Re: Stat Dem - Personal Service Required?

Most creditors will use personal service, as it's important for creditor to show good service.