Read the full judgment text of HCA 9231/1997 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 5 April 2000.
1. The plaintiff as purchaser and the 1st defendant as vendor entered into an agreement for the sale and purchase of a shop. The plaintiff instructed the 2nd defendant, a firm of solicitors, to act for it. It sought assistance in the shape of mortgage finance from the 3rd defendant, a bank. On the agreed date for completion the transaction did not proceed. The 1st defendant, alleging breach by the plaintiff, accepted its wrongful repudiation and withheld as forfeited the deposits paid. The plain
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