Read the full judgment text of HCA 002121/1978 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 30 July 1979.
1. The defendants to this action are a married couple. In January 1974 they agreed to purchase a flat in Kowloon in a development known as "Spring Heights". The husband, Mr. Li, was then and still is a practising solicitor. Mrs. Li was at the time secretary to an American journalist. The development in question was one undertaken by the plaintiff company, which is a land developer and part of the Chinachem Group of Companies. The purchase price of the flat was agreed at $220,000. The defendants