the court won’t have proceeded with the case if they don’t think the person named in the case has been served,

Fun fact, the case did not proceed they’re specifically asking for it to.

so the fact that he didn’t turn up to court means he must have been served otherwise they wouldn’t have had the trial yet.

No, the date proceeds unless the court says otherwise even if it’s simply to show up and say they don’t have service yet.

Y’all really don’t have any civil court experience do you?

Difficult, yes. Stupid, indeed. How the legal system works? Also true.

A summons still has to be served in civil court meaning actually made aware generally by a hand to hand transfer. There is no mention of that happening and court dates proceed regardless of actual service unless the court moves out preemptively or the other party motions to move it forward to affect service.

So the question is do you know the difference between service and summons and the interplay between them.

Not really, they’re asking for default without actually serving the person and that just isn’t how our justice system works.

You’re legitimately dumb as fuck.