Procedure - Supreme Court procedure - Tasmania - Practice under Rules of Supreme Court - Motions and other applications - Default judgment - Default in filing defence - Procedure - Whether time for filing defence had in fact expired - Whether judgment validly entered - General discretion of the Court to set aside - Delay by defendant/applicant.
Rules of the Supreme Court (Tas), O3, r7(6), O23, r6, O30, r2, O79, rr9(1), 10.
Anlaby v Praetorious (1888) 20 QBD 764; Motor Accidents Insurance Board v O'Neil [1981] Tas R 113, considered.