Form 11B: Default Judgment

What the 11B is

If a defendant served with a Plaintiff’s Claim files no Defence within 20 days, the plaintiff can have them noted in default and then request judgment. Form 11B is that request. For a debt or liquidated demand — a fixed, calculable amount like an unpaid invoice or loan — the clerk can sign default judgment without a judge or a hearing.

If the claim is for unliquidated damages (the amount needs assessing — e.g., “the bad renovation cost me about $20,000”), default gets you liability, but the amount is set at an assessment hearing before a judge. Defendants can move to set aside a default judgment, so airtight service paperwork matters.

How to fill it out

1. Confirm the prerequisites: valid service proven by a filed 8A, 20 days elapsed, no Defence filed, defendant noted in default.
2. Calculate the judgment amount: principal, pre-judgment interest (contract rate or CJA rate, calculated from when the debt was due to the date of judgment — show the math), and allowable costs/disbursements.
3. Complete the 11B and file it with the interest calculation.
4. For unliquidated damages, ask for an assessment instead and prepare evidence of the loss for that hearing.
5. Once judgment is signed, move to enforcement — garnishment (20E) or writs (20C/20D). A judgment is only as good as its enforcement.