A default judgment entered for a liquidated sum under r 229 of the District Court Rules 2006 (SA) is not irregular merely because the prayer for relief combines liquidated and unliquidated claims into a single sum; the liquidated claim remains a discrete claim for the purposes of the rule. Ordinary commercial market forces of supply and demand, including competition from other prospective tenants, cannot amount to economic duress in the absence of pleaded vulnerability, undue influence, unconscionable conduct or misrepresentation.
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