Read the full judgment text of HCA 018883/1998 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 6 August 1999.
1. This case has been very well argued on both sides. It is an application for summary judgment on a number of dishonoured cheques given by way of payment for goods sold and delivered to the defendant, not by the plaintiff (the payee named in the cheques) but by third parties for whom the plaintiff was duly authorised to act as agent to receive payment on behalf of the third parties. Since the cheques have been dishonoured, the third parties no doubt have a claim against the defendant for whatev