Read the full judgment text of CACV 000012/1989 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 21 June 1999.
1. This is an appeal by Mr. Poon Lee Meng who trades as Hiap Heng Co. ("the Appellant") from the judgment of Barnes, J. dated 9 December 1988 whereby he was ordered to pay S$88,620 damages, with interest and costs, to Panachand & Company Pte. Ltd. ("the Respondent") for the non-delivery of certain quantities of pepper under three contracts entered into between the parties during the month of September 1984. The Respondent recovered this sum for loss of profits on the intended re-sale of the pepp