SETTING ASIDE JUDGMENT, DELAY AND DENTON: “PROMPTNESS” CONSIDERED: DELAY MUST BE EXPLAINED

In Redbourn Group Ltd -v- Fairgate Development Limited [2017] EWHC 1223 (TCC) Mr Justice Coulson refused to set aside a default judgment.  The case contains some important discussion on how the Denton principles apply to applications to set aside judgment.

"... it subsequently became apparent that...