What are the implications of a default judgment against a foreign party in a personal injury case?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Kendregan v. Kendregan, 2009 BCSC 23 (CanLII):
A Canadian court will also recognise and enforce a foreign judgment – even a default judgment – if there was a real and substantial connection between the foreign jurisdiction and the defendant: Beals v. Saldanha, 2003 SCC 72, [2003] 3 S.C.R. 416.
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