Q&As
On what grounds can you either amend or set aside a judgment (not an order)? And what steps do you need to take to make such an application and is the application made to the court who gave the order? Also, in what circumstances would you apply to amend or set aside a judgment, as opposed to appealing it?
The first point is that the question is concerned with a judgment rather than an order, suggesting that the matter which would be the subject of the application to amend or set aside is a finding in a judgment rather than the actual terms of the order itself. The suggestion that the judgment might be set aside or the subject of an appeal in those circumstances is an odd one however. Although now largely immaterial, the distinction between a judgment and an order is that the former contains the reasons for and the final decision of the court in an action in civil proceedings, while the latter is the official pronouncement of the consequences of the judgment (ie
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