Read the full judgment text of DCCJ 005538/2003 on BabelCite. This District Court judgment was delivered on 17 March 2006.
1. The plaintiff was a manufacturer of ladies’ handbags. It had signed a contract with a British buyer for a quantity of ladies’ handbags. The defendant was a supplier of textile fabrics. The plaintiff also informed the defendant that if the defendant could not perform the terms of the agreement, the plaintiff would have to compensate its buyer in turn. Both parties recognized that there could be a range of acceptable variance in colour and quality. Before supplying the bulk, the defendant