EAT PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Appearance/response
Striking-out/dismissal
Default Judgment: no response entered by Respondent company (in administration) within 28 day period. Judgment entered on liability; part of the Claimant’s claim not well-founded.
Appeal allowed. Default judgment procedure designed to allow judgment to be entered in favour of Claimant, in an appropriate case; not in favour of Respondent who is in default. That part of default judgment set aside and case remitted for hearing on its merits.
Citations:
[2009] UKEAT 0543 – 08 – 2301
Links:
Employment
Updated: 23 July 2022; Ref: scu.304516