Is there a case where a defendant chose not to file any defence to a credit card claim?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Canadian Tire Bank v. Konkin, 2018 BCPC 151 (CanLII):
Capital One v. Toogood dealt with a situation where the defendant chose not to file any defence to the claim. The case involved “overwhelming evidence that a holder of a credit card has used it and has failed to comply with its terms by not paying the outstanding balance with interest, and where the defendant has not filed any evidence in opposition to a claim made on a credit card debt . . .”
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