Read the full judgment text of HCA 009331/1997 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 24 October 2003.
1. This is a claim for the balance purchase price of a second-hand four-colour printing machine sold by the plaintiff to the purchaser by contract dated November 1996 as adjusted and the cost of parts and labour also supplied. The defence is that the machine has failed to perform and that the defendant is entitled to withhold the balance purchase price because of non-compliance. In addition the defendant has counterclaimed for loss of profit or in the alternative losses associated with returning