Justice Merritt
CJC file 26-0478. Equibit Group Ltd. asked the Canadian Judicial Council to examine factual and chronological errors in Justice Merritt’s May 2023 endorsement setting aside default judgment against Sergei Sachkov in CV-20-00645492-0000.
On 27 October 2023 Equibit Group Ltd. filed a Reply to Sergei Sachkov’s Defence. Default and a $1,744,711 assessment had already been entered, then set aside.
After Justice Merritt set aside default judgment against Sergei Sachkov, Chris Horlacher produced a standards-based review of the endorsement. That analysis now sits with CJC file 26-0478.
On 21 December 2022 the Ontario Superior Court assessed damages of $1,744,711 against Sergei Sachkov on default in the Equibit lawsuit. That judgment was later set aside.
Court File No. CV-20-00645492-0000. After service and no defence, Justice Myers granted default judgment against Sergei Sachkov on 5 October 2022. Damages were later assessed at $1,744,711. That result was set aside in May 2023.