Read the full judgment text of HCA 000031/1968 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 4 October 1968.
1. This case raises an issue of considerable practical importance, to wit, what is the precise legal effect of the document entitled "Particulars and Conditions of Sale" whereby a lease of land - or the right to be granted a lease of land - is sold by Government by way of public auction, coupled with the "Memorandum of Agreement" signed by the purchaser, upon the completion of the sale of the land to the purchaser, as the highest bidder, at the public auction.