SETTING ASIDE DEFAULT JUDGMENT: THE NEED FOR PROMPTNESS AND THE RELEVANCE OF THE DENTON CRITERIA

In Core-Export Spa -v- Yang Ming Marine Transportation Corp [2020] EWHC 425 (Comm) HHJ Pelling QC (sitting as a High Court Judge) refused an application to set aside a default judgment.  The defendant had an arguable defence, however its history of delay prior to issue,  the absence of any good reas...