Read the full judgment text of HCA 007760/1997 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 8 August 1997.
1. On 8 July 1997, the plaintiff received an instruction purporting to have been issued by the High Commission of India in Nigeria asking for the sum of ￡25,500 to be paid to the second defendant in Hong Kong for "Account No,:-93-000-4011-8" and "Beneficiary:- SONIMEC INTL". The plaintiff acted on this instruction, asking American Express in London to remit this sum to its branch in Hong Kong. This was done.