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Solicitor failed to explain failure to serve plenary summons within time
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High Court grants order to set aside an order renewing a plenary summons, in an action against a company's former auditors, on the grounds that the service of the summons one day late was a failure or mistake on the part of the solicitor, and no affidavit had been filed by the solicitor to explain the failure.
Application to set aside renewal of plenary summons - appointment of liquidator in 2010 - claim against auditors of company - assignment of significant value to unfinished projects - VAT and other tax irregularities - leave obtained in 2015 to issue but not serve plenary summons in respect of VAT irregularities - requisite expert report awaited - leave granted to serve plenary summons after receipt of report - summons served one day late - application made to renew summons once it became apparent that it had been served late - whether the failure of the solicitor to serve the summons within time was a 'good reason' to renew.
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