Read the full judgment text of on BabelCite. was delivered on 2 May 1990.
1. This is an action between vendor and purchaser. The purchaser is the plaintiff in the action. The vendor is the 1st defendant. The 2nd defendant is a firm of solicitors, which acted, pursuant to the provisions of the contract dated 3rd May 1989 between the vendor and the purchaser, as stakeholders in respect of certain sums of money paid in respect of the purchase by the purchaser. They have now released the money to the vendor and against them the purchaser complains that the money should n