Four Critical Failures in the Handling of the Default Judgment Against Sergei Sachkov

In 2022 Equibit Group obtained default judgment against Sergei Sachkov for $1,744,711. Justice Merritt set that judgment aside. Four failures in the endorsement — straw-man “admission,” misattributed allegation, chronological impossibility, and a total failure to inquire — are now the subject of Canadian Judicial Council file 26-0478.

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Default Judgment Against Sergei Sachkov Overturned

Justice Merritt’s 12 May 2023 endorsement set aside the noting in default and the judgments obtained against Sergei Sachkov. The Divisional Court refused leave on 13 October 2023. The factual problems in the endorsement are set out in Four Critical Failures and in the CJC complaint.

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