Read the full judgment text of HCA 000194/1997 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 22 May 1998.
1. The Defendant's husband was the registered owner of a flat at Provident Centre, North Point (" the suit property "). On 4 December, 1996, the Defendant, as agent for the vendor, signed a document headed "provisional sale and purchase agreement" with the Plaintiff purporting to sell the suit property to the Plaintiff (" the Disputed Document "). At the time of signing this document, the Defendant's husband was not in Hong Kong. The husband denies that he wanted to sell the suit property, or th