Is negligence a bar to enforcement of a judgment?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from LLS America, LLC (Trustee of) v. Bjarnason, 2016 BCSC 909 (CanLII):
In Beals v. Saldanha, 2003 SCC 72, Justice Major writing for the majority states (at para. 36): … While their failure to move to set aside or appeal the Florida judgment was due to their reliance upon negligent legal advice, that negligence cannot be a bar to the enforcement of the respondents' judgment.
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