Legal Opinion
Manches & Co. v. Gilbey
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 6, 1995PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
On August 20, 1992, the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court of Justice in London entered a default *415judgment in favor of Manches & Co. (Manches), a London firm of solicitors, against Suzanne Gilbey and Peter Thornton totaling £30,138.35. On November 9, 1992, Manches commenced this action in the Superior Court in Barnstable County to enforce the foreign judgment pursuant to G. L. c. 235, § 23A (1992 ed.), the Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act. Manches’s underlying claim was that the defendants were liable for legal services rendered to Gilbey in England following the death of…
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