Cranfield v Bridgegrove Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
Judgment Date14 May 2003
Neutral Citation[2003] EWCA Civ 656
Date14 May 2003

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43 cases
  • Akram v Adam
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 30 November 2004
    ...he had ever made with the postman. 19 Although this court had decided the five appeals under the title Cranfield v Bridgegrove Ltd [2003] EWCA Civ 656, [2003] 1 WLR 2441 on 14 th May 2003, and the case was reported on 31 st October 2003, the district judge does not appear to have appreciate......
  • Olafsson v Gissurarson
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 20 December 2006
    ...rule 7.6(3)". 9 A differently constituted Court of Appeal returned to this question in another group of cases reported as Cranfield and another v Bridgegrove Ltd [2003] 1 WLR 2441. In one of those cases, all of which concerned attempts to effect service of proceedings after the expiry of th......
  • Hills Contractors and Construction Ltd v Malcolm Struth and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Technology and Construction Court)
    • 17 June 2013
    ...been granted. The need for compliance with the rules practice directions and orders now forms an essential part of the CPRCranfield v Bridgegrove [2003] 1 WLR 2441 which was referred to in the Hanjin Shipping case. 29 In Murphy the defendant's solicitors had confirmed that they had instruct......
  • Mucelli v Albania
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 19 May 2009
    ...a claim form by one of the methods allowed by rule 6.2, for an order dispensing with service of the claim …." 80 In Cranfield v Bridgegrove Ltd [2003] EWCA Civ 656 the court emphasised that "[t]he Godwin principle is important, and must not be subverted. It will be subverted unless the powe......
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  • Normal Service - Hills v Struth
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    • 14 October 2013
    ...upon the notes at 6.2.3 and 6.3.13 of the White Book, together with obiter dicta of the Court of Appeal in Murphy v Staples UK Limited [2003] 1 WLR 2441, in which the claimant sent the sealed claim form by first class post to the defendant's registered office and, in addition, sent a photoc......