26 Apr 2012
WILKINSON ADAMS V BETHUNE HC DUN CIV-2011-412-000860
- Citation
- openlaw-33272425_a2ec_4ff0_beea_92c1933796eb.pdf
- Court
- High Court
The High Court held the District Court Judge erred in concluding the proceeding had ended under r2.14.4 because s161 created a statutory stay which prevented the relevant time limits from running; the appellant acted prematurely by attempting to serve an information capsule before the s161 stay had expired (30 working days from the Standards Committee decision, expiring 24 January 2011), service by ordinary post was not authorised by the Rules in the circumstances, and there was insufficient evidence the information capsule was actually served; those irregularities entitled the defendant to h…