Read the full judgment text of HCA 5292/1998 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 29 May 2000.
1. The Plaintiff claims as the payee against the Defendant as the drawer of a cheque numbered 568157 in the sum of HK$200,000 dated 8 January 1998 ("the cheque") which was dishonoured on presentation on 8 January 1998. The Defendant pleads that the cheque was delivered to the Plaintiff on conditions. The conditions were not fulfilled and so the Defendant was entitled to and did countermand the cheque. As the pleadings suggest, the case turns on the circumstances pertaining to the alleged conditi