Read the full judgment text of HCA 000164/1981 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. By a writ issued on the 9th January, 1981 the plaintiff company, Petek Marketing Ltd. ("Petek") which is incorporated in England, claimed US$38,525.60 from a Hong Kong company, Magnatek Research Ltd. ("Magnatek"). The claim arose from a contract under which Petek agreed to buy, and Magnatek agreed to sell, 23,000 audio cassettes and 1,600 video cassettes, to be delivered in England. The sum claimed was the agreed contract price which Magnatek eventually received. Petek alleged that there had