The claimant sought to enforce here a judgment obtained by default in a Greek court.
Held: The proceedings in Greece had not required service of the proceedings on the defendant, and judgment had been entered by default. An English court was not bound to enforce such a judgment.
Judges:
Longmore LJ
Citations:
Times 05-Jan-2007
Statutes:
Council Regulation (EC) No 44/200 34(2)
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
See Also – Tavoulareas v Alexander G Tsavliris and Sons Maritime Company ComC 24-Nov-2005
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Appeal from – Tavoulareas v Tsavliris and others ComC 9-Mar-2006
Formal recognition of judgment from Greek court. . .
Cited – Hendrikman and Feyen v Magenta Druck and Verlag ECJ 10-Oct-1996
Judgment – Where proceedings are initiated against a person without his knowledge and a lawyer appears before the court first seised on his behalf but without his authority, such a person is quite powerless to defend himself and must be regarded as . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Jurisdiction, European
Updated: 02 June 2022; Ref: scu.247773
