What is the scope of a defendant’s right to challenge a foreign judgment for fraud going to jurisdiction?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Lang v. Lapp, 2009 BCSC 638 (CanLII):
In Cabaniss v. Cabaniss, 2006 BCSC 1076 [Cabaniss] at paras. 21 and 23, Mr. Justice Pitfield considered the scope of a defendant’s right to challenge a foreign judgment for fraud going to jurisdiction. He said this:
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