Just been trying to catch up on about 8 new pages of fun, but am still a bit puzzled about the timetable.
On the original court date, they were given 7 days to present the SofA. This fell last Wednesday, ( if I remember correctly ). Now, the ONLY reason they are not in court until next Monday is the lack of a free court slot, it has nothing to do with delaying due process or any statutory procedure. If time had been available, they could have been back with the beak on Monday this week, or even last Friday, ( based on the understanding that HMRC would have 2 days to assess the SofA ).
Could it not be that the legal perspective will make judgement from the point at which the SofA was required to be lodged, and any attempt at using admin now, as a means to circumvent this, is irrelevant ?
Yours ever hopeful
Badger