Read the full judgment text of HCA 012535/1998 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 26 August 1999.
1. This is an application for summary judgment. The defendant accepts that it has no defence to the action. But it asks for an adjournment, to enable a restructuring exercise to be completed in the near future. It has been unable to persuade the plaintiff to accept such an adjournment, or to agree to a stay of execution of any judgment made today. I have no power to refuse judgment today and any question of adjournment etc. is a commercial question which can only be resolved by agreement between