Read the full judgment text of HCA 002833/1993 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 16 March 1997.
1. This is the worst form of litigation that any judge should have to decide. It essentially started off as an action for the redemption of some shares, which were held under a mortgage, relating to the sale of a very small business in Hong Kong - an employment agency - run by a Mrs Sullivan ("the defendant"). It has turned into a mammoth, and I am sure a very expensive type of litigation with a counterclaim by the defendant both for monies that have been paid and also for inducement to breach a