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No good reason to set aside default judgment although defendant unaware of claim form or judgment for ten years (High Court)
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No good reason to set aside default judgment although defendant unaware of claim form or judgment for ten years (High Court)
In Wards Solicitors v Hendawi [2018] EWHC 1907 (Ch), HHJ Matthews refused an application to set aside a default judgment in respect of a mistaken payment by the claimant law firm to the defendant, finding that there had been good service of the claim form on the defendant and that the defendant only had an arguable defence, based on change of position, in respect of £25 of the claim.
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Published on 31-Jul-2018
Resource Type Legal update: case report
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