Northern Rock (Asset Management) Plc v Chancellors Associates Ltd: TCC 9 Dec 2011

The court considered the issue of the jurisdiction of a court of first instance to set aside a judgment obtained by a claimant following the lodging of an Acknowledgement of Service which contains an admission by the Defendant. A (not invariable) practice has grown up of the judgment being entered as if a judgment in default of Acknowledgement of Service or Defence, in effect as an administrative act by the relevant court office without the involvement of any judge.

Judges:

Akenhead J

Citations:

[2011] EWHC 3229 (TCC), [2012] TCLR 1, [2012] 2 All ER 501, [2012] Bus LR D81

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Litigation Practice

Updated: 23 May 2022; Ref: scu.451491