DELAY IN MAKING APPLICATIONS CAN BE FATAL: SAMARA -V- MBI APPLICATION TO HAVE JUDGMENT SET ASIDE REFUSED ON GROUNDS OF DELAY

The case of  Samara –v- MBI & Partners EWHC 563 (QB) considers whether the "Mitchell" criteria is relevant to applications to have judgment set aside. THE FACTS The claimant entered judgment in default. It was more than a year later, after the claimant attempted enforcement proceedings, that the...