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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> England and Wales High Court (Chancery Division) Decisions >> Cole & Ors v Howarth & Ors [2022] EWHC 1268 (Ch) (15 March 2022) URL: http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2022/1268.html Cite as: [2022] EWHC 1268 (Ch) |
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BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS IN MANCHESTER
BUSINESS LIST (ChD)
1 Bridge Street West Manchester, M60 9DJ |
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B e f o r e :
Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster
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(1) ROY HARRY COLE (2) BURY VAN HIRE LIMITED (3) BURY VEHICLE LEASING LIMITED (4) H&A HOLDINGS LIMITED |
Claimants |
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(1) ANDREW HOWARTH (2) MAX HENRY KAY (3) JOSEPH TYRRELL |
Defendants |
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2nd Floor, Quality House, 6-9 Quality Court, Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1HP.
Telephone No: 020 7067 2900. DX 410 LDE
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.martenwalshcherer.com
The Second to Fourth Claimants not represented
The First Defendant and the Second Defendant in person
The Third Defendant not present or represented
Hearing date: 15 March 2022
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Crown Copyright ©
MR JUSTICE FANCOURT :
"8.1 If an order for summary judgment is made against a respondent who does not appear at the hearing of the application, the respondent may apply for the order to be set aside or varied.
8.2 On the hearing of an application under paragraph 8.1 the court may make such order as it thinks just."
The court is therefore given a very wide discretion. In my judgment, that discretion is to be exercised by analogy with the position where a defendant applies to set aside a default judgment which has been regularly entered. On such an application the court requires to be satisfied that the defendant has acted promptly in seeking to set aside the judgment and, further, that there is a real prospect of successfully defending the claim.