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looks like this was a default judgement because the defendant >... did not attend the online hearing or send a legal representative. when that happens, the ju
by dd82 6y ago
looks like this was a default judgement because the defendant
>... did not attend the online hearing or send a legal representative.
when that happens, the judgement is a default to the plantiff. so its his own fault, and the headline is fairly inaccurate. to be more accurate, would be
"Man doesn't show up to court, defaults judgement of 25k pounds over negative review"
- rogual 6y agoSaved me a click, thanks. The BBC has a real problem with clickbait headlines. It's still kind of interesting that they even sued him, I suppose. And by looking at their Trustpilot page now, it doesn't seem to be working out well for them.
- matsemann 6y agoSee the comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26076696 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26076696 Apparently he felt he was being forced to pay 6k just to even defend himself.