Court:
Court of Appeal
Subject:
Magistrate,
Default Judgment
Catchwords:
Magistrate - Appeal against decision of Resident Magistrate to set aside a default judgment entered in favour of appellant - Judgment had been in the sum of $250,000.00 being the value of a motor car - Judge erred in procedure used to set aside judgment - Contrary to Order 28 rule 1 of the Resident Magistrate's Court Rules - No application in writing to set aside the judgment - Resident Magistrate did not take any evidence on oath or allow cross-examination of Mr Taylor in order to determine if the judgment ought to have been set aside
Document Type:
Year:
2015
Suit/Claim number:
33/2014
Neutral Citation:
[2015] JMCA Civ 64