Read the full judgment text of HCA 004870/1998 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 14 July 2000.
1. The defendants as vendors and the first plaintiff as purchaser agreed to sell and buy the defendants' shop in Yuen Long. Prior to completion date the first plaintiff nominated the second plaintiff to complete the transaction as purchaser. This litigation has arisen because the transaction did not proceed to completion on due date or thereafter. Both parties claim the other to have wrongfully repudiated. The plaintiffs sue for recovery of deposits and other expenditure paid. The defendants cou