I think serving notice to the clerk electronically by e-mail should be clocked by time of receipt of the e-mail in the inbox of the clerk. If the clerk is not well one day or is delayed or has a staff colleague who doesn't get it, it puts the clerk in a difficult situation. The clerk has an objective metric, which is called the clock and the time of receipt of e-mail with notice of motion in his inbox. I think that constitutes the beginning of the ticking of 24 hours of time. It's very clean. There are no challenges on that front. We all have proof of sending time, but more importantly, the clerk has proof of receipt time. Getting the clerk into a situation of having to say, “Well, I got to work at nine o'clock but I didn't get around to sending acknowledgement out until 10:30, because I was called to an urgent meeting”.... It puts the clerk in a tough spot.
I think the time of receipt of the e-mail in the clerk's inbox ought to be the time at which the 24 hours start ticking.