PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – plaintiff’s consent to default judgment being set aside given on the basis of defendant’s sworn evidence which she subsequently admitted was false – application by plaintiff to have default judgment reinstated – circumstances in which a court sets aside orders entered by consent – whether plaintiff entitled to summary judgment – whether bona fide defence on the merits – effect of defendant’s failure to give sworn evidence in opposition to plaintiff’s application.

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – motion to set aside interlocutory consent order to be brought in the original proceedings to avoid multiplicity of proceedings.

CONTRACT – consent orders handed up to resolve interlocutory notice of motion not enforceable contract.

CONTRACTS REVIEW ACT – relevance of benefit to borrower from discharge of earlier mortgage to secure loans admitted to be owing – no evidence to displace lender’s entitlement to possession and judgment based on portion of advance that conferred incontrovertible benefit on borrower.

Tim Castle appeared for Westpac Banking Corporation.