Read the full judgment text of CACV 000183/2002 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 27 November 2002.
1. This is an appeal from the judgment of Deputy High Court Judge Muttrie given on 4 February 2002. The plaintiff was the purchaser of a large shop premises in Tsim Sha Tsui East. It made a claim under a clause in the sale and purchase agreement. That claim was for a declaration that the defendant was "liable to compensate the plaintiff for all loss and damage suffered by the plaintiff as a result of" the defendant's former tenant failing, refusing or neglecting "to exercise an option to renew i