4 Jun 2021
Summary judgment was entered because the plaintiff proved the debt and entitlement to interest and costs and the first defendant provided only a late, unverified medical certificate which was insufficient to rebut the plaintiff's entitlement or justify an adjournment; therefore judgment for the claimed sums was appropriate.
19 Sept 2019
The appeal was dismissed because the appellant repeatedly failed to comply with court timetables, did not provide adequate medical evidence to justify further adjournment, failed to appear at the substantive hearing, and the trial judge's credibility‑based findings were open on the evidence and unaffected by the missing CCTV material.
27 Jun 2019
On the evidence there was no satisfactory explanation for the second to fourth defendants' failure to take any steps and no real prospect of a defence on the face of the settlement contract; therefore summary judgment was entered against those defendants. The first defendant’s documented serious chronic illness warranted a narrowly confined adjournment with strict filing deadlines.