Read the full judgment text of HCA 003837/1992 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 13 May 1994.
1. The plaintiff's claim against the defendant is for sums unpaid in respect of four contracts, five loans and five payments made to third parties at the request of the defendant. The crucial issue to be determined is whether a person named, Mr Ng Ka Wah (Mr Ng) had actual or ostensible authority on behalf of the defendant to enter into these transactions with the plaintiff. The issue is one of fact which depends entirely upon the credibility of the two witnesses who gave evidence in these proce