Read the full judgment text of HCA 008846/1997 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 21 May 1999.
1. The Plaintiff sues the Defendant for a sum of HK$1.2 million being the amount of a dishonoured cheque. The Defendant resists the claim on two grounds. The first line of defence is that he has paid a total sum of HK$1.13 million to the Plaintiff (through the Plaintiff's agents) in full and final settlement ("the factual defence"). The second line of defence is that even if the Defendant should fail on his first line of defence, the Plaintiff's claim is unenforceable in law because it contraven