Read the full judgment text of CACV 000053/1982 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 23 June 1982.
1. The story of this appeal presents some curious features. The appellant is a registered deposit taking company which had lent money to the respondent when he was running a taxi cab business. The business failed and he was unable to pay all the money back. The company sued, claiming almost five million dollars and interest, then followed the writ with an Order 14 summons. The respondent was represented but offered no opposition at the hearing before Mr. Registrar Wilson, who naturally entered j