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Court of Appeal
Published December 18, 2020
Diriye v Bojaj and another
Before Lord Justice Coulson, Lady Justice Nicola Davies, Lady Justice Rose
[2020] EWCA Civ 1400
Judgment November 4, 2020

The Royal Mail’s “Signed For 1st Class” service fell within the deemed service provision of rule 6.26 of the Civil Procedure Rules as being either within the ambit of first-class service or because it was a service that provided for delivery on the following business day.

The Court of Appeal so held when dismissing the appeal of the claimant, Abdirahim Ali Diriye, against the dismissal by Judge Lethem, on October 2, 2019 in the Central London County Court, of his appeal against the refusal by Deputy District Judge Goodman, on August 21, 2018 in