BoB wants P28m default judgement quashed

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In an attempt to overturn the default judgement which compelled it to pay P28.5 million to a creditor of collapsed Kingdom Bank, the Bank of Botswana (BoB) has persuaded the court to declare the judgment null and void.

Senior counsel for BoB, Christopher Loxton, in a legal battle that took two days before Justice Zein Kebonang of Gaborone High Court, said the judgment was subject to review as it was not given legally.

He argued that the judge under certain rules and orders of the High Court had the powers to review the judgment and declare it null and void because it was not given by the learned judge but rather by a Registrar.

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