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Campbell, Lisa v Andrew Taylor

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