| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2004] All ER (D) 309 (Dec) |
| Court: | Queen's Bench Division |
| Judge: | Charles Harris QC sitting as a judge of the High Court |
| Representation | Alolabi Ogunbiyi (instructed by Hackman, Wembley) for the claimant. |
| Samuel Laughton (instructed by Rippon Patel & French) for the defendant. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 20 December 2004 |
Catchwords
Contracts - Contractual term - Construction - Entitlement of defendant to retain deposit - Meaning of 'deposit' in context of agreement.
The Case
On the facts, the claimant was entitled to judgment in respect of a sum of $US190,000 which he had paid towards a distribution agreement that the parties had never in fact effected; the contract entitled the defendant only to retain an initial payment of $US10,000 in those circumstances.
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