Strangers to the Suit, Not Strangers to the Judgment

The Court of Appeal's answer is that finality yields only as far as necessary to let a person whose interest is directly affected be heard. The Appellants were strangers to the action, had no notice of it, and asserted identifiable interests in about 2.09 acres of the land in dispute. A 14-day limit borrowed from a case-management rule could not stand between them and a hearing.