[2025] EWHC 2426 (Comm)

By order dated 7 July 2025, I entered judgment for the Claimant and directed the parties to file documents relevant to the determination of the outstanding issues, namely the amount of the judgment and any consequential order for costs, with determination of those issues on paper. Those documents have now been received and this is my judgment on the outstanding issues.

By an email of 4 August 2025, the Defendant sought an adjournment of the determination of this issue for a period of eight weeks in order for him to “try and resolve this.” I was not persuaded that such an order was justified without clearer evidence as to what was to be gained by delay. Yet the wheels of justice turn with the pace of life and, in the event, a combination of annual leave and other work commitments has meant that I have not been able to deal with the judgment until a period at the end of the eight weeks sought by the Defendant, such that the consequential order that I make will not be sealed and served on the parties until at least eight weeks from the date of the Defendant’s email.