Finding among other things that his defence has “no real prospect of succeeding,” a judge has refused the application of Dr. Leslie Ramsammy to set aside a default judgment in the libel suit brought against him by former General Manager of the National Communications Network (NCN) Enrico Woolford.
In her recent ruling, High Court Judge Fidela Corbin-Lincoln said that the obligation to show that a defence has real prospects of success was not satisfied as Ramsammy merely exhibited a draft defence, which she said is a separate mandatory requirement the Civil Procedure Rules.
Referencing numerous case law and other legal authorities, the judge said that an applicant must not only exhibit a draft defence but must also file an affidavit setting out the evidence being relied on, in support of the application.