20 Oct 2004
CENTALINE PROPERTY AGENCY LTD v. SUEN WAI KWAN SAMANTHA AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- CENTALINE PROPERTY AGENCY LTD v. SUEN WAI KWAN SAMANTHA AND ANOTHER
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCJ9117/2001
The court accepted the agent witnesses' credibility and rejected the 2nd Defendant's 'testing price' representation, but held that oral evidence of authority to vary the written provisional agreement (not pleaded) and post‑signature amendments to an essential term (completion date) could not be relied upon under CPO s.3(1) and the parol evidence rule; because the alteration to the completion date was not countersigned/initialled by the party to be charged, the agreement was not enforceable and the plaintiff's claim for liquidated damages failed.