I haven't seen this term used in the UK, is there an equivalent here?
What prevents people just pretending not to have received correspondence?
Basically it means the address you agree to use to receive correspondence, and it is your duty to inform of any change, and then anything sent to that address as per the method you mention, or any other method (ie messenger of the court) that can be accepted/proven to have been done, you are deemed to have received, and then any actions that require your reply can continue, as you have effectively elected not to reply.A mail service with signature as proof of receipt. Otherwise anyone can deny having received mail and there is no evidence to the contrary.
Might be good to confirm the meaning of your presumably latin phrase for us.
Thanks, pity, as it means people can just ignore letters and messages and drag out the inevitable, wasting every ones time.I am not aware of this being a normal part of UK proceedings. Basically, if you can't prove something was put into the hand of either an individual or their legal representative than then they never got it.
Thanks, pity, as it means people can just ignore letters and messages and drag out the inevitable, wasting every ones time.
My interest is not a major issue, just annoying, but I imagine it could be a big problem though.
Government departments generally require you to tell them on change of address, so a notice of intended prosecution for speeding doesn't fail because you didn't update the V5C when you moved.Basically it means the address you agree to use to receive correspondence, and it is your duty to inform of any change, and then anything sent to that address as per the method you mention, or any other method (ie messenger of the court) that can be accepted/proven to have been done, you are deemed to have received, and then any actions that require your reply can continue, as you have effectively elected not to reply.
Hope that make sense
A very interesting thread....Government departments generally require you to tell them on change of address, so a notice of intended prosecution for speeding doesn't fail because you didn't update the V5C when you moved.
Further, per the Interpretation Act 1978 section 7, anything posted is deemed received in "the normal course of post" and the burden of proof is on the addressee that they did not receive it, not on the sender. This only applies to documents that an act of parliament states can or must be sent by post.