Read the full judgment text of DCCJ 014889/2000 on BabelCite. This District Court judgment was delivered on 18 October 2001.
1. This was originally an application by the defendant to set aside a default judgment entered by the plaintiff against him back on 24 November 2000 based on a dishonoured cheque. But this morning, Mr Peaker, who received instructions according to him only yesterday afternoon to represent the defendant, who had been acting in person, made an application on behalf of his client to seek an adjournment of his client's application to set aside the default judgment.