Originally posted by ComradeCollie
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GoD is being sued by the brother of Veronica Guerin for defamation. Guerin’s solicitors tried to formally present her with proceedings at her at home (totally normal) and thought they’d managed it but somehow the registered post was both accepted and rejected. No point getting into that.
A Belfast firm of solicitors then said they could accept the proceedings for her but, weirdly, said they’d send them on to her. That’s not normal so the plaintiff asked a judge to order that the documents sent to the Belfast firm was good enough to be considered “served”.
Following some more back and forth Go...D filed a document confirming she was representing herself and that she had gotten the documents.
She then tried to get the earlier court order set aside. The court refused. She agreed to change another order so all future documents would be sent to an address she gave. She also asked the court to restrict reporting of her address. The court agreed.
Then there were some procedural orders to get things moving.
Finally the judge decided she should pay the costs of the motion And that was that.
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