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Drury v Carnegie (CA)
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Lady Justice Smith stressed the importance of taking time limits seriously, stating (at [40]): "this court has warned litigants of the dangers of leaving until the last minute the taking of a procedural step governed by a time limit...If repetition of this warning is necessary, let this case provide it. A litigant is entitled to make use of every day allowed by the rules for the service of a claim form. But it is well known that hitches can be encountered when trying to effect service. A litigant who leaves his efforts at service to the last moment and then fails due to an unexpected problem is very unlikely to persuade the court that he has taken all reasonable steps to serve the claim in time.”