A consent judgment is a final, binding judgment in a case in which both parties agree, by stipulation, to a particular outcome. A consent judgment is used in order to settle an issue before a court and to end litigation. A consent judgment is often rendered by a judge in the form of a consent decree. A judgment or judgement, in a legal context, is synonymous with the formal decision made by a court following legal proceedings. ... Categories: Move to Wiktionary | Substubs ... A court is an official, public forum which a public power establishes by lawful authority to adjudicate disputes, and to dispense civil, labour, administrative and criminal justice under the law. ... A lawsuit is a civil action brought before a court in order to recover a right, obtain damages for an injury, obtain an injunction to prevent an injury, or obtain a declaratory judgment to prevent future legal disputes. ... A judge or justice is an appointed or elected official who presides over a court. ... DECREE - The judgment or sentence of a court of equity which corresponds to the judgment of a court of law. ...
This judgment was applied in Lewis v Campbell (1989) 18 NSWLR 529 in circumstances where the solicitor for the plaintiff had inserted a wrong figure by mistake in a written offer of compromise.
The judgments are based upon the suggested finality of a compromise reached by counsel in the scope of his apparent authority.
His Honour then observed that the judgment of the other members of the House of Lords "appear untrammelled by any consideration of whether or not the order had been sealed." His Honour concluded that the inherent jurisdiction was not confined to cases where the order has not been sealed.
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