COURT REFUSED TO SET ASIDE A DEFAULT JUDGMENT ON COSTS: DENTON PRINCIPLES ARE VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN SUCH AN APPLICATION

In  Ince Gordon Dadds LLP v Mellitah Oil & Gas BV [2022] EWHC 997 (Ch) Mr Hugh Sims QC, sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge, refused the defendant's application to set aside a default judgment obtained for solicitor's costs.  The judge held that the Denton principles applied to such an applicat...