Read the full judgment text of HCA 013905/1999 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 5 December 2000.
1. This is an appeal by the defendants from the order of the master whereby the master ordered that conditional leave to defend be given to the defendants by the defendants paying into court, within the time stipulated, the sum of $527,419.35. The way that the master had arrived at that sum of $527,419.35 is, as I understand it, by coming to the view that the Defence of the defendants as to the reduced rent of $150,000 agreed to commence from 1 June 1998 is somewhat shadowy.