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Tuesday 23 February 2021
AN Appeal Court has refused to set aside a judge’s order which gave the State the opportunity to respond to a malicious prosecution lawsuit.
Default judgment had been granted to Wendell Jeremy, Emmanuel Peters and Asa Mc Lean in 2019 for damages for malicious prosecution and false imprisonment, when the State failed to respond to their claim.
Less than a month later, the State filed an application asking that the default judgment be set aside and that time be extended for a defence to be filed.
The State’s application was supported by an affidavit by one of its attorneys that an administrative error led to a file not being created at the Chief State Solicitor’s department and it was for this reason there was no appearance for the State in the matter. The attorney said when she made enquiries, she was told the default judgment had already been entered against the State. ....

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