It is trite that failure to serve a party in a case with a hearing notice indicating clearly when and where the Court is to sit is a fundamental irregularity which easily vitiates the proceedings, and makes it a nullity however well conducted and decided. The defect is extrinsic to the adjudication. [1]
[1]Craig v Ranssen (1943) KB 25, 262-263 Sken Consult (Nig) Ltd and another v Godwin Sekondy Ukey (1981) 1 SC 15.