Is it still good law? ⚠️ This case has negative treatment (1 citation(s): e.g. doubted / not followed / overruled). Check carefully before relying on it.
How to cite
[2011] 1 WLR 3086
Neutral citation format (OSCOLA). Always confirm against the official judgment.
“…It is said that an analogy can be drawn with the facts of cases such as Cecil v Bayat [2011] EWCA Civ 135, [2011] 1 WLR 3086 (“Cecil”), where the claimant’s solicitors had delayed service in order to obtain funding. Ms Prager emphasised in her oral submissions, referring to Cecil at …”
“…nd the claimant cannot rely on CPR 7.6 to obtain an extension to the validity of the claim form. It is paragraph 108 of the judgment of Rix LJ in Cecil v Bayat [2011] 1 WLR 3086 which makes the point in relation to CPR 7.6 that:-…”
“…pains in Abela to say (paras 33-34 and 45) nothing about the position where the Hague Convention applied and expressly referred to paras 65-68 of Cecil v Bayat [2011] 1 WLR 3086 on which the judge relied, without expressing any disapproval of them, I cannot accept Soc. Gen’s submission. In para 65-66 Stanley Burnton LJ said:-…”