Three weeks ago the solicitor's office told me to ring the Warrents Dept of the Garda station in the area of the court, to see where I stand. They told me that I had a court date on Dec 10th 2008!!,and further more this did not have an outcome. Going back on the computer she told me that a summons was applied for(by the cop I guess) but was never served (god knows why,likely a court cockup as they had my address). A new application for summons was made since the first case on dec 10th.
I'm wondering if this can be struck out on grounds of (a)- due time lapsed since offence and (b) - the cock up made with issueing first summons?