Serving legal documents by recorded delivery - different name signed on receipt?

macman

Never send such legal docs by recorded delivery, as the recipient can simply refuse to accept them. Just send them by normal post with a proof of posting. If sent 1st class, they are judged to have been delivered in 2 days. That is all that is needed for them to be legally served, there is no requirement to prove delivery.

user1977

jez9999 said:

Legally, I presume it's acceptable merely to prove delivery at that person's address?  Which kind of begs the question as to what's the point in having "signed for" services, really.  All they're actually doing is proof of delivery.

The Royal Mail have never (to my knowledge) offered delivery to a particular individual, only to the address. And if anything legally matters about this sort of thing, it's delivery to the correct address. It's not something which literally needs to be "served" into a specific person's hands.

macman

Spot on. When you receive something by RD, they don't ring the bell and ask for the recipient by name, it's just signed by whoever answers the door.