Response to can someone explain summary judgement to me please

Hi Andy,

Just found this on a solicitor's web site, it may help to answer your question:

The Defendant's Options once a claim (summons) has been issued:

"If he does nothing then 14 days after the proceedings were served on him by the Court you can apply for a judgement (known as a Default Judgement). The Court will return the judgement which you can then seek to enforce.

If the Defendant admits the claim he may seek time to pay or may try to send you a part payment in full and final settlement. You will have to decide whether his proposals are acceptable.

If within 14 days of service of the proceedings the Defendant returns an 'Acknowledgement of Service' stating that he intends to defend then he has a further 14 days in which to file a defence document. The defence must be complete - a simple denial is not enough. If the defence is inadequate you may be able to obtain a summary judgement without the need for a full trial."

As to what a judge perceives to be an inadequate defence is presumably up to the individual judge to decide. Will try and find out what you can do if this happens.

Stephen

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