A party who deliberately chooses not to serve a claim within the one-year validity period under r 24 UCPR (Qld) will rarely be able to show 'good reason' for renewal, even where the party has health problems, unless those problems made service impossible for the entire period. Health difficulties that merely explain a disinclination to prosecute, rather than an inability to effect service, are insufficient. A defendant's solicitor obtaining a copy of the claim from the registry does not constitute service of the proceeding.
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