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DEFAULT JUDGMENT ON COUNTERCLAIM NOT SET ASIDE - AN OBJECT LESSON IN STAYING AWAKE IN LITIGATION

DEFAULT JUDGMENT ON COUNTERCLAIM NOT SET ASIDE – AN OBJECT LESSON IN STAYING AWAKE IN LITIGATION

June 30, 2016 · by gexall · in Civil Procedure, Default judgment,, Members Content, Relief from sanctions, Uncategorized, Witness statements

The decision of Master Matthews today in Goldcrest Distribution Ltd -v- McCole [2016] EWHC 1571 (Ch) provides an object lesson in the need to stay awake to procedural issues throughout litigation. The claimant had a default judgment on a counterclaim…

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