19,
The Defendant did not submit any defense in response to the proceedings
brought by the Applicant, despite having been duly served by the Court.
Application for judgment by default.
20.
Following the Defendant's failure to file a defense, the Applicant, pursuant
to Article 90 of the Rules, filed an application for a default judgment,
asking the Tribunal to make the Declarations and issue the Orders set out
in paragraph 17, the contents of which are as if hereby reproduced in
seriatim.
The Court's Analysis of the Application for Judgment by Default
21.
As the Defendant failed to present its defense within the thirty-day period
it had to do so, the Applicant requested a Judgment by default, under the
terms of Article 90 of the Regulations, which reads as follows:
22.
Article
90
(1)
“If a defendant
on
whom
an
application
initiating
proceedings has been duly served fails to lodge a defense to the application
in the proper form within the time prescribed, the applicant may apply for
judgment by default.”
23.
Article 90(4) “Before giving judgment by default the Court shall, after
considering the circumstances of the case consider: whether the application
initiating proceedings is admissible, whether the appropriate formalities
have been complied with,
founded.”
and whether the application appears well