Read the full judgment text of DCCJ 000384/2004 on BabelCite. This District Court judgment was delivered on 22 June 2006.
1. In this case the 1st defendant tried to use oral or extrinsic evidence to vary or contradict the written terms of the agreement. There are clear decided cases which gave rulings that no oral evidence can vary or contradict the terms of a written agreement. The agreements should only be interpreted within the four corners of that document. The loan agreement in the present case is clear and precise. It is not capable of any extrinsic evidence to help its interpretation. In the premises I