Read the full judgment text of HCA 001145/1984 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 2 April 1985.
1. The plaintiff's claim is for rescission of a tenancy agreement or for damages on the ground of misrepresentation or, in the alternative, for damages on the ground of negligence. While the claim for damages on the ground of negligence was not expressly abandoned, counsel did not address themselves to this point in their speeches. In any event, I think that this claim so overlaps with the claim for damages for misrepresentation that if the latter fails the claim in negligence must necessarily f