Read the full judgment text of HCA 005306/2000 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 29 March 2001.
1. The background to this case is that the plaintiff entered into three sale and purchase contracts with the 1st defendant, being the seller of 1,000 jeeps vehicle for re-export to the Mainland between May and July 1998. It is also common ground that, between August 1998 and August 1999, the plaintiff could only take delivery of 170 vehicles from the 1st defendant, leaving 830 vehicles outstanding. It was because the poor market condition in the Mainland in this period of time. The 2nd defendant