Read the full judgment text of HCA 000979/1991 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 6 May 1997.
1. The Plaintiff carried on business in Hong Kong. The Defendant ("NTL") was a company in Australia. NTL was interested in selling dried abalone which were caught in Australia and processed in Japan to the Asian market. Mr Alfred Kwok ("Mr Kwok"), the husband of the Plaintiff, had discussions with Mr David Lau ("Mr Lau") of NTL about the sale of the abalone. Samples were supplied by NTL to the Plaintiff on various occasions. The Plaintiff and NTL eventually entered into an agreement. The agreeme