Read the full judgment text of HCMP 001343/1997 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 10 February 1998.
1. This is an assessment of the damages claimed by the plaintiffs as a result of the defendant causing the cancellation of a provisional sale and purchase contract with a third party. Initially, the plaintiffs had concluded a provisional sale and purchase contract with the defendant on 27th March 1997 for a price of $3.5 million. However, on 5th April 1997 the plaintiffs entered into a second provisional agreement relating to the same property with one Au Hau Wing (the 2nd purchaser) for the sum