Question juridique clé
Whether the opposition to the default judgment was admissible despite the expiry of the 14-day deadline after the impediment had ceased.
Solution extraite
The opposition was inadmissible because the impediment had ended in 2002 and the appellant then failed to act within the statutory 14-day period.
Motifs extraits
The Court held that the decisive ground was not the earlier inability to learn of the hearing in Kosovo, but the later failure to inquire and file opposition after moving to France, where the alleged impediment no longer existed.