Read the full judgment text of HCA 003697/1977 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 17 January 1979.
1. This is an appeal by the 2nd Defendant against the Registrar's decision in setting aside a Judgment obtained by default of appearance and granting leave to file a defence. In this case, the writ issued was served by the Plaintiff on the 2nd Defendant on 27th January, 1978. No appearance was entered and a Certificate of Non-Appearance obtained on 4th February, 1978. Judgment in default of appearance was obtained against the 2nd Defendant on 10th February, 1978. Subsequent to that, the 2nd Defe