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Written by John Barwell
A default judgment is not the end of a case. Part 13 of the Civil Procedure Rules builds in two routes back — one mandatory, one discretionary — and the route you take decides what you must prove. This guide sets out both routes, the promptness requirement the rule itself names, and the evidence an application has to carry.
Written by John Barwell
Civil procedure · Default judgment · Set aside A court judgment does not always follow a trial. Sometimes it follows silence. Default judgment is the procedural moment where a missed response can become judgment before the facts are tested, and the defendant’s first task may no longer be to defend the claim, but to explain … Continue reading “Default judgment: when silence becomes a judgment before the facts are heard”
