Read the full judgment text of HCMP 333/2015 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 13 March 2015.
1. In this matter, the Plaintiff seeks leave to appeal against the judgment of Deputy District Judge Lai of 19 September 2014 in dismissing his claim against the 2 nd Defendant, a firm of solicitors. The judge, after trial, concluded that the money paid by the Plaintiff (who was a person interested in investing into a company which was a client of the 2 nd Defendant) into the client’s account of the 2 nd Defendant did not give rise to an obligation on the part of the latter not to release the sa