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1. The Plaintiff’s claim was for HK$303,600.00 being the amount of a dishonoured cheque dated 21 October 2003 drawn by the Defendant in favour of the Plaintiff. The Plaintiff claimed that he had on 10 September 2003 lent $300,000.00 in cash to the Defendant and the Defendant gave him the cheque for $303,600.00 which was postdated to 21 October 2003. The Defence was one of total failure of consideration. The Defendant’s case was that there was no such loan as alleged and a cheque drawn by a comp