Court of Appeal of Randers dismissed appeal on lack of res judicata effect of first-instance judgment.
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AI generatedThe Court of Appeal of Randers dismissed the appellant's appeal regarding the binding force of a prior judgment. The appellant argued that a previous decision between the same parties lacked res judicata effect, while the respondent contended the first-instance ruling was final. The court held that the prior judgment possessed full legal force, thereby rejecting the claim that it could be re-litigated.
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AI generatedSection 227 of the Code of Civil Procedure; Section 228 of the Code of Civil Procedure: A judgment rendered by a court of first instance acquires res judicata effect upon expiration of the appeal period, binding the parties to the same dispute.
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Sagen vedrører spørgsmålet om, hvorvidt en dom afsagt af retten i Randers har retskraft i to adcitationssager mellem de samme to parter