Read the full judgment text of HCA 008854/1991 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 17 March 1994.
1. This is a purchaser's action for specific performance. The plaintiff purchaser is Jim Li Ling Betty; I shall refer to her as "the plaintiff". The defendant vendor is Sun & Lin Company Limited; I shall refer to it as "the defendant". On the plaintiff's side the negotiations for the sale and purchase of the property in question were conducted by the plaintiff herself. On the defendant's side they were conducted by Mr Francis Poon. The plaintiff and Mr Poon gave evidence before me. They were the