Read the full judgment text of HCA 013842/1983 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 17 January 1985.
1. This started out as an action on a guarantee by a finance company; but in the event and as a result of amendment to the pleadings, it has turned into a claim by the guarantor for rectification of the contract of guarantee so as to change it from one of unlimited guarantee to one in which his maximum liability was to be $50,000, or alternatively for a declaration that that was the effect of the contract between him and the finance company. I have been asked to give judgment prior to the midday