Principle

CIVIL PROCEDURE — Adjournment — Discretion of Trial Judge to Foreclose Defence

Area of law
CIVIL PROCEDURE
Court
Supreme Court

A trial judge may exercise discretion to foreclose a defence where defendants repeatedly fail to appear and have abandoned their case. The principle applies to civil procedure.

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