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\par CIVIL ACTION NO. 171 OF 1992
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\par Between:
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\par }{\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376 PAUL MITCHELL
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\par Mr. J. Semisi for the Plaintiff
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\par This is an application to set aside default judgment which arises in the following context: 
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 13th of March 1992}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376  however}{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376  (barely 6 months into the contract)}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376  the defendant corporation terminated the plaintiff's employment.
\par 
\par The plaintiff claims that he was unlawfully dismissed in repudiation of his}{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376  }{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid736376 '}{
\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376 contract of employment'}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376 
 and accordingly he is entitled to loss of salary and other benefits that he would have received had his employment continued until completion.
\par 
\par There can be no doubting that }{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid736376 '}{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376 default judgment'}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376  was regularly entered in this instance and the law is clear that such a judgment will only be set aside if the defendant is able to produce to the Court evidence 
that he has a}{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376  prima facie}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376 
 defence on the merits which raises an arguable or triable issue.
\par 
\par In this latter regard the defendant corporation in its }{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid736376 '}{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376 proposed}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376  }{\b\f0\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376 Statement of Defence}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376  and }{\b\f0\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376 Counterclaim}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376 ' alleges that during the course of the plaintiff's employment and in breach of his contract of employment, }{
\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376 "(the plaintiff) disclosed confidential information to a company against which the defendant proposed to make a claim for damages"}{
\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376 .}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376 
\par 
\par It is unfortunate that the }{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid736376 '}{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376 proposed}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376  }{\b\f0\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376 Statement of Defence}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376  and }{\b\f0\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376 Counterclaim}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376 ' d
id not form an annexure to the affidavit filed in support of the defendant's present application as it should have, with the result that the plaintiff's affidavit in reply did not answer the allegations made against him in the }{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid736376 '}{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376 proposed}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376  }{
\b\f0\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376 Statement of Defence}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376  and }{
\b\f0\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376 Counterclaim}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376 '.
\par 
\par It appears to be common ground that the plaintiff's}{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376  }{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid736376 '}{
\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376 contract of employment'}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376  could have been properly terminated on giving }{
\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376 3 months}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376  notice or salary in lieu thereof.}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid736376  }{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376 This was clearly not done but considering the nature of the undenied allegations made in the proposed }
{\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376 Statement of Defence}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376  and }{
\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376 Counterclaim}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376  it is difficult to conclude that no }{
\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid736376 '}{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376 triable issue'}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376  has been raised of sufficient merits as to warrant a trial.
\par 
\par Accordingly in the exercise of the Court's discretion I set aside the plaintiff's default judgment and order that the defendant corporation refile and serve its }{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid736376 '}{
\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376 proposed}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376  }{
\b\f0\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376 Statement of Defence}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376  and }{
\b\f0\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376 Counterclaim}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376 ' on the plaintiff's solicitors within }{
\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376 7 days}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376 .
\par 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tqc\tx3969\hyphpar0\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid736376 {\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376 (D.V. Fatiaki)
\par }{\b\f0\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376 JUDGE
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-720\hyphpar0\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid736376 {\b\f0\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376 
\par }{\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376 At Suva,
\par 6th November, 1992.}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid736376 
\par }\pard \qr \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-720\hyphpar0\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid736376 {\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14746129\charrsid14746129 Hbc0171d.92s}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14696510\charrsid14746129 
\par }}