“…In Ideal Shopping Direct Ltd v Visa Europe Ltd [2022] 1 WLR 1541 the claimants had served unsealed claim forms promptly, but sealed claim forms were not served until the period prescribed by the rules had expired. They accep…”
“… such a general power cannot be used to override a specific provision in the rules (cf. Ideal Shopping Direct Ltd v Mastercard Incorporated [2022] EWCA Civ 14, [2022] 1 WLR 1541 at [146]), there appears to be nothing in CPR 71 which would prevent its use in circumstances such as the present.…”