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\par }{\insrsid10901547\charrsid16148226 It is on the said alleged new agent demanding }{\insrsid14692276\charrsid16148226 the }{\insrsid10901547\charrsid16148226 prints}{\insrsid14692276\charrsid16148226 ,}{\insrsid10901547\charrsid16148226 
 on behalf of the plaintiff}{\insrsid14692276\charrsid16148226 ,}{\insrsid10901547\charrsid16148226  from the defendant}{\insrsid14692276\charrsid16148226 ,}{\insrsid10901547\charrsid16148226  that the dispute arose.}{\insrsid11544482\charrsid16148226  

\par 
\par }{\b\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 3}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 . The}{\insrsid10901547\charrsid16148226  distribution and exhibition of cinematography may well be one of those trades tha}{\insrsid14692276\charrsid16148226 t were}{
\insrsid10901547\charrsid16148226  born in and touched almost every person in the last century. A trade that was as prolific as it was lucrative. From the aptly named 20th Century Fox in}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226  }{
\insrsid10901547\charrsid16148226 America to popular }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid10901547\charrsid16148226 Bollywood}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid10901547\charrsid16148226  productions in India}{
\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 , }{\insrsid10901547\charrsid16148226 and the worldwide distribution of numerous cinema, it is a trade in respect of which ther}{\insrsid13653447\charrsid16148226 e}{\insrsid10901547\charrsid16148226 
 is and ought to be some if not a multitude of written Agreements }{\insrsid3082528\charrsid16148226 adopted regionally and worldwide. }{\insrsid13653447\charrsid16148226 
\par 
\par }{\b\insrsid13653447\charrsid16148226 4.}{\insrsid3082528\charrsid16148226 The requirement to return the cinema print (film) after exhibition}{\insrsid14692276\charrsid16148226 ,}{\insrsid3082528\charrsid16148226  if there was such a term}{
\insrsid14692276\charrsid16148226 ,}{\insrsid3082528\charrsid16148226  would no doubt have found its way into written Agreements, or at least ought to have in the memory of those for long in the trade}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 ,}{
\insrsid3082528\charrsid16148226  etched}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 ,}{\insrsid3082528\charrsid16148226  as a common place occurrence suggesti}{\insrsid14692276\charrsid16148226 ng a practice in the trade. How}{\insrsid3082528\charrsid16148226 
ever no evidence of written Agreements}{\insrsid8213990\charrsid16148226  or such a practice or custom}{\insrsid3082528\charrsid16148226  were led in evidence in this case.}{\insrsid5927693\charrsid16148226 
 A practice or custom is not born by one instance, but by long application or consistent observation, by those who have been in the trade. }{\insrsid10901547 
\par }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\insrsid8473277\charrsid16148226 The peculiar customs and practices of a trade are fashioned by the nature of the stock in trade and the needs of the market.}{\insrsid10901547\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\b\insrsid16474908\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\b\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 5}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 . In}{\insrsid8473277\charrsid16148226  theater and more so in cinema}{\insrsid6691584\charrsid16148226 ,}{\insrsid8473277\charrsid16148226 
 illusion and fantasy overlap and mingle with reality. }{\insrsid8473277 
\par }{\insrsid12256705\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\insrsid8473277\charrsid16148226 As such what is reality must a}{\insrsid16398676\charrsid16148226 t the outset be tied to ground}{\insrsid8473277\charrsid16148226 
, and towards that effort I shall deal with and make findings on the corpus relevant to this action}{\insrsid14692276\charrsid16148226 ,}{\insrsid8473277\charrsid16148226  first.
\par 
\par }{\b\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 6}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 . The}{\insrsid13859562\charrsid16148226  plaintiff led the evidence }{\insrsid14692276\charrsid16148226 of }{\insrsid13859562\charrsid16148226 two witnesses}{
\insrsid14692276\charrsid16148226 ,}{\insrsid13859562\charrsid16148226  and the defendant led the evidenc}{\insrsid14692276\charrsid16148226 e of one witness. Though a Pre Trial C}{\insrsid13859562\charrsid16148226 
onference had been held there was no Agreed Bundle of Documents, as a result documents were marked in evidence and given P and D markings. Plaintiff closed its case marking P1 to P14. P11 consisted of 16 Air way bills}{\insrsid9704811\charrsid16148226 ,}{
\insrsid13859562\charrsid16148226  and this court gave them sub markings}{\insrsid9704811\charrsid16148226 ,}{\insrsid13859562\charrsid16148226  showing their relevant title number }{\insrsid8473277\charrsid16148226 in the order it appeared in th}{
\insrsid8213990\charrsid16148226 e statement of claim and in P12. After two dates of trial each party filed their closing written submissions as well as written submissions in }{\insrsid15358569\charrsid16148226 reply. Du
e to delay in such written submission the Judgment due date was extended from 8th}{\insrsid9704811\charrsid16148226  June to 2nd }{\insrsid1923538\charrsid16148226 July}{\insrsid15358569\charrsid16148226  2010.}{\insrsid13859562\charrsid16148226 
\par 
\par }{\b\insrsid13653447\charrsid16148226 7}{\insrsid13653447\charrsid16148226 .}{\insrsid12256705  }{\insrsid6181816\charrsid16148226 In the plaintiff}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 '}{\insrsid6181816\charrsid16148226 s statement of}{
\insrsid7082515\charrsid16148226  claim under paragraph 3}{\insrsid6181816\charrsid16148226 , particu}{\insrsid7082515\charrsid16148226 lars of 19 Hindi Movies are set}{\insrsid6181816\charrsid16148226 out, of which there are 18 titles therein as the mov
ie }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid6181816\charrsid16148226 LOC Kargil}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid6181816\charrsid16148226  is listed tw}{\insrsid7082515\charrsid16148226 ice at the end of the list. That}{
\insrsid6181816\charrsid16148226  }{\insrsid7082515\charrsid16148226 Movie }{\insrsid6181816\charrsid16148226 appear}{\insrsid7082515\charrsid16148226 s}{\insrsid6181816\charrsid16148226  to have been so twice listed}{\insrsid7082515\charrsid16148226 
, as it }{\insrsid8473277\charrsid16148226 has}{\insrsid11615507\charrsid16148226  been sent on two different (and}{\insrsid14635454\charrsid16148226  sub}{\insrsid6181816\charrsid16148226 sequent}{\insrsid11615507\charrsid16148226 )}{
\insrsid6181816\charrsid16148226  dates.}{\insrsid9307947\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\insrsid6181816\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\b\insrsid12256705\charrsid16148226 8}{\insrsid12256705\charrsid16148226 . In}{\insrsid6181816\charrsid16148226  }{\insrsid13779909\charrsid16148226 the said list var}{\insrsid6181816\charrsid16148226 ious number}{\insrsid13779909\charrsid16148226 s}{
\insrsid6181816\charrsid16148226  of prints ranging from 1 to 4}{\insrsid7082515\charrsid16148226 ,}{\insrsid6181816\charrsid16148226  }{\insrsid13779909\charrsid16148226 per title }{\insrsid6181816\charrsid16148226 are listed as hav}{
\insrsid13779909\charrsid16148226 i}{\insrsid7082515\charrsid16148226 ng being forwarded}{\insrsid6181816\charrsid16148226  to the defendant}{\insrsid13779909\charrsid16148226 . On counting}{\insrsid7082515\charrsid16148226 ,}{
\insrsid13779909\charrsid16148226  there are 45 such prints in respect of the 18 titles.}{\insrsid6181816\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\b\insrsid13779909\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\b\insrsid12256705\charrsid16148226 9}{\insrsid12256705\charrsid16148226 . At}{\insrsid13779909\charrsid16148226  paragraph 5 of the said statement of claim the plaintiff gives another list of prints that the defendant is }{
\insrsid10892627\charrsid16148226 supposed}{\insrsid13779909\charrsid16148226  to have returned on the 6th day of December 2004. On counting}{\insrsid7082515\charrsid16148226 ,}{\insrsid13779909\charrsid16148226 
 there are 20 prints listed as having being returned}{\insrsid7082515\charrsid16148226 ,}{\insrsid13779909\charrsid16148226  out of the 45 above. }{\ul\insrsid13779909\charrsid7416466 Out of the 18 titles it appears that at least in respect of 15 titles}{
\ul\insrsid9704811\charrsid7416466 ,}{\ul\insrsid13779909\charrsid7416466  at}{\ul\insrsid12126872\charrsid7416466  }{\ul\insrsid13779909\charrsid7416466 least one print }{\ul\insrsid12126872\charrsid7416466 has been so returned.}{
\insrsid12126872\charrsid16148226  In respect of the three titles }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid12126872\charrsid16148226 SHAKTI}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid12126872\charrsid16148226 , }{
\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid12126872\charrsid16148226 KARZ}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid12126872\charrsid16148226  and }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid12126872\charrsid16148226 DUM}{
\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid13779909\charrsid16148226  }{\insrsid12126872\charrsid16148226 no prints are said to have been retu}{\insrsid1923538\charrsid16148226 r}{\insrsid12126872\charrsid16148226 ned on 6th December 2004.
\par 
\par }{\b\insrsid13653447\charrsid12256705 10}{\b\insrsid12256705\charrsid12256705 .}{\insrsid12256705\charrsid16148226  At}{\insrsid12126872\charrsid16148226  paragraph 6 of the said statement}{\insrsid7082515\charrsid16148226  the plaintiff gives a list of }
{\insrsid12126872\charrsid16148226 titles}{\insrsid7082515\charrsid16148226 ,}{\insrsid12126872\charrsid16148226  and presumably the number of prints (total of 25) that the defendant is alleged to have refused}{\insrsid13779909\charrsid16148226  }{
\insrsid12126872\charrsid16148226 or neglected to return. On counting}{\insrsid7082515\charrsid16148226 ,}{\insrsid12126872\charrsid16148226  there are 15 titles listed therein}{\insrsid7082515\charrsid16148226 ,}{\insrsid7542608\charrsid16148226 
 suggesting that all prints in respect of three titles}{\insrsid7082515\charrsid16148226  (out of the 18) not listed,}{\insrsid7542608\charrsid16148226  have been returned. On analyzing the three lists}{\insrsid11615507\charrsid16148226 ,}{
\insrsid7542608\charrsid16148226  }{\ul\insrsid7542608\charrsid7416466 the 3 such titles }{\ul\insrsid12206198\charrsid7416466 in respect of which all prints have been returned }{\ul\insrsid7542608\charrsid7416466 appear to be }{
\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\ul\insrsid7542608\charrsid7416466 DARNA MANA HAI}{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\ul\insrsid7542608\charrsid7416466 , }{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\ul\insrsid7542608\charrsid7416466 SSSHHH}{
\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\ul\insrsid7542608\charrsid7416466  and }{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\ul\insrsid7542608\charrsid7416466 TEHZEEB}{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\ul\insrsid7542608\charrsid7416466 
. Therefore the titles in respect of which the plaintiff is seeking prints are the 15 titles set out in paragraph 6 of its Statement of Claim}{\insrsid7542608\charrsid16148226 
 (excepting the aforesaid three titles out of the total 18 listed at paragraph 3 therein.).}{\insrsid13779909\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\insrsid7542608\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\b\insrsid13653447\charrsid7416466 11}{\b\insrsid12256705\charrsid7416466 .}{\insrsid12256705\charrsid16148226  At}{\insrsid7542608\charrsid16148226  t}{\insrsid3286616\charrsid16148226 he Pre Trial Conference}{\insrsid14708015\charrsid16148226  (PTC)}{
\insrsid3286616\charrsid16148226  held}{\insrsid14635454\charrsid16148226 ,}{\insrsid3286616\charrsid16148226  and as per the minutes filed dated 5th August 2008 and signed by the Solicitors of both parties, among the agreed facts is a list of}{
\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226  }{\insrsid3286616\charrsid16148226 movie titles and the respective number of prints of each such title the parties agreed that the defendant has returned to }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{
\insrsid3286616\charrsid16148226 Eros (Pacific) Limited}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid3286616\charrsid16148226  on the 6th day of December 2004. }{\insrsid3286616 
\par }{\insrsid13336451\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\insrsid3286616\charrsid16148226 Parties have also agreed }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid3286616\charrsid16148226 that the plaintiff did forwa}{\insrsid15627074\charrsid16148226 rd the }{\insrsid10643014\charrsid16148226 following}{
\insrsid3286616\charrsid16148226  H}{\insrsid10643014\charrsid16148226 indi Movies in theatrical print}{\insrsid3286616\charrsid16148226  to the defendant to be played in Cinema Houses in Fiji}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{
\insrsid3286616\charrsid16148226 .}{\insrsid11144105\charrsid16148226  \{Agreed fact (ii) of the PTC Minutes.\}}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226  }{\insrsid3286616\charrsid16148226 The number of the said agreed }{\insrsid14708015\charrsid16148226 
Hindi Movies (titles) amount to 15 on counting the said list in the PTC Minutes.}{\ul\insrsid15627074\charrsid7416466  }{\ul\insrsid10643014\charrsid7416466 As such the said list in the PTC Minutes will hereinafter be referred to as the}{
\b\ul\insrsid10643014\charrsid7416466  }{\b\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\b\ul\insrsid10643014\charrsid7416466 agreed list}{\b\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\b\ul\insrsid10643014\charrsid7416466 .}{\ul\insrsid10892627\charrsid7416466 

\par }{\insrsid16606224\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\b\insrsid13653447\charrsid7416466 12}{\b\insrsid12256705\charrsid7416466 .}{\insrsid12256705\charrsid16148226  Therefore}{\insrsid10892627\charrsid16148226  it is an agreed fact that prints in respect}{\insrsid11615507\charrsid16148226 
 of the said 15 titles}{\insrsid10892627\charrsid16148226  have been forwarded to}{\insrsid11615507\charrsid16148226  the defendant by the plaintiff. }{\ul\insrsid11615507\charrsid7416466 As such on proving}{\ul\insrsid10892627\charrsid7416466 
 how many prints of each suc}{\ul\insrsid11615507\charrsid7416466 h title have been so forwarded the plaintiff can by taking the said}{\ul\insrsid7502628\charrsid7416466  }{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\ul\insrsid7502628\charrsid7416466 agreed}{
\ul\insrsid11615507\charrsid7416466  list}{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\ul\insrsid11615507\charrsid7416466  in the PTC Minutes}{\ul\insrsid10643014\charrsid7416466 ,}{\ul\insrsid11615507\charrsid7416466  by deduction arrive }{
\ul\insrsid7502628\charrsid7416466 at the balance prints yet to be returned in respect of the said 15 titles.}{\ul\insrsid6426777\charrsid7416466  }{\ul\insrsid1926741\charrsid7416466 
\par }{\insrsid16606224\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\b\insrsid13653447\charrsid7416466 13}{\insrsid12256705\charrsid16148226 . Paragraph}{\insrsid1926741\charrsid16148226  6 of the statement of claim of the plaintiff sets out a list of 15 titles }{\insrsid2627702\charrsid16148226 
in respect of which 25 prints are alleged at that time still to be returned. }{\ul\insrsid2627702\charrsid7416466 
However the 15 titles in the list in paragraph 6 of the statement of claim of the plaintiff and the 15 titles in the agreed list in the PTC Minutes are not the same titles! In the }{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{
\ul\insrsid2627702\charrsid7416466 agreed list}{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\ul\insrsid2627702\charrsid7416466  the 3 Movie titles }{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\ul\insrsid2627702\charrsid7416466 SHAKTI}{
\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\ul\insrsid2627702\charrsid7416466 , }{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\ul\insrsid2627702\charrsid7416466 KARZ}{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\ul\insrsid2627702\charrsid7416466  and }{
\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\ul\insrsid2627702\charrsid7416466 DUM}{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\ul\insrsid2627702\charrsid7416466  do not appear and instead the Movie titles}{\ul\insrsid12206198\charrsid7416466  }{
\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\ul\insrsid12206198\charrsid7416466 DARNA MANA HAI}{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\ul\insrsid12206198\charrsid7416466 ,}{\ul\insrsid2627702\charrsid7416466  }{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{
\ul\insrsid12206198\charrsid7416466 SSSHHH}{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\ul\insrsid12206198\charrsid7416466  and }{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\ul\insrsid12206198\charrsid7416466 TEHEZEEB}{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{
\ul\insrsid12206198\charrsid7416466  appear. However as seen earlier all prints in respect of these three movie t}{\ul\insrsid13511721\charrsid7416466 it}{\ul\insrsid13653447\charrsid7416466 les have been returned}{\ul\insrsid9593205\charrsid7416466 
. As such in the agreed list}{\ul\insrsid12464210\charrsid7416466 ,}{\ul\insrsid9593205\charrsid7416466  prints are due only in respect of the balance 12 Movie titles,}{\insrsid9593205\charrsid16148226 
 and that too upon the plaintiff proving the actual number of prints forwarded in respect}{\insrsid1923538\charrsid16148226  of}{\insrsid9593205\charrsid16148226  each of such 12 Movie titles, in excess of the prints agreed to have been returned}{
\insrsid1917046\charrsid16148226  in the agreed list}{\insrsid9593205\charrsid16148226 .}{\insrsid13653447\charrsid16148226 
\par 
\par }{\b\insrsid13653447\charrsid7416466 14}{\insrsid13653447\charrsid16148226 .}{\insrsid14628519\charrsid16148226  }{\ul\insrsid14628519\charrsid7416466 
If the plaintiff proves that all the prints in respect of the said 12 Movie titles as alleged in the first list in the statement of claim at paragraph 3 had been forwarde}{\ul\insrsid12464210\charrsid7416466 d}{\ul\insrsid14628519\charrsid7416466 
 and delivered to}{\ul\insrsid12464210\charrsid7416466  the}{\ul\insrsid14628519\charrsid7416466  defendant then there would be 19 prints not returned in respect of the 12 Movie titles in the }{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{
\ul\insrsid14628519\charrsid7416466 agreed list}{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\insrsid14628519\charrsid16148226 . However plaintiff is seeking 25 prints in it}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 '}{\insrsid14628519\charrsid16148226 s issue (ii)}{
\insrsid15231985\charrsid16148226  (see below)}{\insrsid14628519\charrsid16148226  in the PTC Minutes!}{\insrsid10643014\charrsid16148226  The balance 6 prints appear to be the 6 prints in respect of the 3 Movie titles}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 
 "}{\insrsid10643014\charrsid16148226 SHAKTI}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid10643014\charrsid16148226 (3 prints), }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid10643014\charrsid16148226 KARZ}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{
\insrsid10643014\charrsid16148226 (2 prints) and }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid10643014\charrsid16148226 DUM}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid10643014\charrsid16148226 (1 print), omitted in the }{
\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid10643014\charrsid16148226 agreed list}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid10643014\charrsid16148226 .}{\insrsid15627074\charrsid16148226  The agreed fact could limit the issue but not vice-versa.}{
\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226  }{\insrsid2627702\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\insrsid12464210\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\b\insrsid13653447\charrsid7416466 15}{\insrsid12256705\charrsid16148226 . In}{\insrsid6426777\charrsid16148226  paragraph 5 of the plaintiff}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 '}{\insrsid6426777\charrsid16148226 
s statement of claim is set out the list of movie prints alleged to have been returned by the defendant with reference to }{\insrsid1926741\charrsid16148226 the 19 movies }{\insrsid15627074\charrsid16148226 (18 titles)}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 ,
}{\insrsid15627074\charrsid16148226  but}{\insrsid9453362\charrsid16148226  the }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid9453362\charrsid16148226 agreed}{\insrsid1926741\charrsid16148226  list}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{
\insrsid1926741\charrsid16148226  of such agreed returned prints and agreed movies forwarded set out under agreed facts in the PTC Minutes only set out 15 titles.}{\insrsid9453362\charrsid16148226  The three Movie titles }{
\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\ul\insrsid9453362\charrsid7416466 SHAKTI}{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\ul\insrsid9453362\charrsid7416466 , }{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\ul\insrsid9453362\charrsid7416466 KARZ}{
\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\ul\insrsid9453362\charrsid7416466  and }{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\ul\insrsid9453362\charrsid7416466 DUM}{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\ul\insrsid9453362\charrsid7416466  }{
\insrsid9453362\charrsid16148226 in respect of which no prints are alleged to have been returned}{\insrsid4347373\charrsid16148226  as per the list under paragraph 5 of the statement of claim,}{\insrsid9453362\charrsid16148226  }{
\ul\insrsid9453362\charrsid7416466 are not included in the }{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\ul\insrsid9453362\charrsid7416466 agreed list}{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\ul\insrsid4291642\charrsid7416466  in the con}{
\ul\insrsid4347373\charrsid7416466 sequent PTC Minutes}{\ul\insrsid9453362\charrsid7416466 .}{\ul\insrsid15742301\charrsid7416466  }{\insrsid8611541\charrsid13336451 
\par }{\insrsid8611541\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\b\insrsid13653447\charrsid7416466 16}{\insrsid12256705\charrsid16148226 .}{\ul\insrsid12256705\charrsid7416466  In}{\ul\insrsid8611541\charrsid7416466  the PTC Minutes, it is also an agreed fact that the plaintiff did appoint t}{
\ul\insrsid6699108\charrsid7416466 he defendant to be their agent}{\ul\insrsid8611541\charrsid7416466  in Fiji.}{\insrsid8611541\charrsid16148226 
\par 
\par }{\b\insrsid13653447\charrsid7416466 17}{\insrsid12256705\charrsid16148226 .}{\b\ul\insrsid12256705\charrsid7416466  The}{\b\ul\insrsid8611541\charrsid7416466  issues to be determined according to the PTC Minutes are;
\par }{\insrsid8611541\charrsid16148226 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid7416466 {\b\insrsid13653447\charrsid7416466 (i)}{\insrsid8611541\charrsid16148226 
Whether the Plaintiff is a copyright holder and a licensee for distributing the theatrical print of above listed Hindi Movies within }{\insrsid6699108\charrsid16148226 the territory of the Republic of}{\insrsid8611541\charrsid16148226  Fiji Islands,

\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7416466 {\insrsid13653447\charrsid16148226 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid7416466 {\b\insrsid13653447\charrsid7416466 (ii)}{\insrsid8611541\charrsid16148226 
Whether the Defendant is liable or obliged to return the remainder of 25 theatrical prints valued at US$30,000.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7416466 {\insrsid13653447\charrsid16148226 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid7416466 {\b\insrsid13653447\charrsid7416466 (iii)}{\insrsid8611541\charrsid16148226 
Whether the Defendant by not returning the remaining 25 prints, the Plaintiff has suffered loss and damages due to its inability to distribute the Prints to other clients.}{\insrsid13531706\charrsid16148226 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid16148226 {\insrsid16606224\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\b\insrsid13653447\charrsid7416466 18}{\b\insrsid12256705\charrsid7416466 .}{\insrsid12256705\charrsid7416466  In}{\insrsid13531706\charrsid7416466  issue }{\b\insrsid13531706\charrsid7416466 (i)}{\insrsid13531706\charrsid7416466  above }{
\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\insrsid13531706\charrsid7416466 the above listed Hindi Movies}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\insrsid13531706\charrsid7416466  would refer to th}{\insrsid15231985\charrsid7416466 e list in the PTC Minutes under}{
\insrsid13531706\charrsid7416466  the a}{\insrsid13531706\charrsid16148226 greed facts where 15 titles are listed. The titles that do not appear in that list out of the 18 listed in the statement of claim ar}{\insrsid12546557\charrsid16148226 e}{
\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 ;}{\insrsid12546557\charrsid16148226  }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid12546557\charrsid16148226 SHAKT}{\insrsid15231985\charrsid16148226 I}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{
\insrsid15231985\charrsid16148226 , }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid15231985\charrsid16148226 KARZ}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid15231985\charrsid16148226  and }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{
\insrsid15231985\charrsid16148226 DUM}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid15231985\charrsid16148226 (see analysis above).}{\insrsid1134974\charrsid16148226  It follows therefore that issue }{\b\insrsid1134974\charrsid7416466 (ii)}{
\insrsid1134974\charrsid16148226  too would be in relation to those titles}{\insrsid13531706\charrsid16148226  }{\insrsid1134974\charrsid16148226 set out in the }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid1134974\charrsid16148226 agreed list}{
\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid1134974\charrsid16148226 .}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226  }{\insrsid7542608\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\insrsid16606224\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\b\insrsid13653447\charrsid13336451 19}{\b\insrsid13653447\charrsid7416466 .}{\b\insrsid12256705  }{\b\ul\insrsid3164950\charrsid7416466 At the end of the examination in chief of the plaintiff}{\b\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 '}{
\b\ul\insrsid3164950\charrsid7416466 s 1st witness, the witness as well as the }{\ul\insrsid3164950\charrsid7416466 counsel for }{\ul\insrsid15231985\charrsid7416466 t}{\ul\insrsid3164950\charrsid7416466 he plaintiff}{\ul\insrsid4291642\charrsid7416466 ,}
{\ul\insrsid3164950\charrsid7416466  stated to court that the plaintiff is only seeking t}{\ul\insrsid4291642\charrsid7416466 he raw material cost of US$30,000/-}{\ul\insrsid3164950\charrsid7416466 , and that no other damages are sought.}{
\insrsid3164950\charrsid16148226  (At page six of my notes of 11th May 2010.). As such the issues to be tried are issue (ii) }{\ul\insrsid3164950\charrsid7416466 and issue (i) if relevant. }{\insrsid3164950\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\insrsid16606224\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\b\insrsid13653447\charrsid7416466 20}{\b\insrsid12256705\charrsid7416466 .}{\ul\insrsid12256705\charrsid7416466  When}{\ul\insrsid4935226\charrsid7416466  a party admits a fact,}{\ul\insrsid15742301\charrsid7416466  only that admitting party}{
\ul\insrsid4935226\charrsid7416466 
, cannot diminish or exceed that fact. When both parties admit a fact, both such parties cannot diminish or exceed that fact. It is when both parties admit a fact that they are said to have agreed to a fact. When agreeing to facts in a PTC parties need to
 keep this distinction in mind. When facts are agreed the trial is held with those agreed facts as constants. Otherwise there would be no purpose in having admitted facts by one party and agreed facts by both parties.}{\insrsid4935226\charrsid16148226 

\par }{\b\insrsid10824150\charrsid7416466 
\par }{\b\insrsid13653447\charrsid7416466 21}{\insrsid12256705\charrsid16148226 .}{\ul\insrsid12256705\charrsid7416466  There}{\ul\insrsid10824150\charrsid7416466  may well be a reason for the plaintiff agreeing to t}{\ul\insrsid11338998\charrsid7416466 he}{
\ul\insrsid15742301\charrsid7416466  }{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\ul\insrsid15742301\charrsid7416466 agreed}{\ul\insrsid11338998\charrsid7416466  list}{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\ul\insrsid11338998\charrsid7416466 
 without the Movie title}{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466  "}{\ul\insrsid11338998\charrsid7416466 DUM}{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\ul\insrsid11338998\charrsid7416466 , in that the plaintiff was}{\ul\insrsid7163577\charrsid7416466 
 unable to mark in evidence the }{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\ul\insrsid7163577\charrsid7416466 AFFIDAVIT}{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\ul\insrsid7163577\charrsid7416466  (or the}{\ul\insrsid16606224\charrsid7416466  }{
\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\ul\insrsid7163577\charrsid7416466 Agreement}{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 " }{\ul\insrsid7163577\charrsid7416466 )}{\ul\insrsid15742301\charrsid7416466  }{\ul\insrsid11338998\charrsid7416466 
with the producer of that title conveying the rights to exhibit the said Movie title. T}{\ul\insrsid7163577\charrsid7416466 he exhibiting Cinema House may}{\ul\insrsid11338998\charrsid7416466 
 be in violation of copyright and/ or intellectual property rights}{\ul\insrsid3223134\charrsid7416466  if not for the assigned}{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466  }{\ul\insrsid8736558\charrsid7416466 right to the plaintiff from the producer}{
\ul\insrsid15742301\charrsid7416466 ,}{\ul\insrsid8736558\charrsid7416466  and the conv}{\ul\insrsid3223134\charrsid7416466 eyance of that right through the plaintiff}{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 '}{\ul\insrsid3223134\charrsid7416466 s}{
\ul\insrsid8736558\charrsid7416466  agent}{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466  }{\ul\insrsid8736558\charrsid7416466 and distributor in Fiji at that time, the defendant}{\ul\insrsid15742301\charrsid7416466 , to the Cinema House}{
\ul\insrsid8736558\charrsid7416466 . }{\insrsid16606224\charrsid16148226 
\par 
\par }{\insrsid8736558\charrsid16148226 However the air way bill in respect of the said Movie }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid8736558\charrsid16148226 DUM}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid8736558\charrsid16148226 
 was marked in evidence\{P11(6)}{\insrsid10824150\charrsid16148226  }{\insrsid8736558\charrsid16148226 \}to show that one print was sent to the defendant by plaintiff.}{\insrsid12678486\charrsid16148226  The shipper in the s}{
\insrsid16201624\charrsid16148226 aid air way bill is SHIVAM VIDEOTECH PVT. LTD}{\insrsid12678486\charrsid16148226 , said to be a }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid12678486\charrsid16148226 sister company}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}
{\insrsid12678486\charrsid16148226  of the plaintiff.}{\insrsid14506573\charrsid16148226  However under the name of consignee (the defendant)is stated A/C EROS MULTIMEDIA (EUROPE) LTD. LONDON, which appears to be another }{
\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid14506573\charrsid16148226 sister company}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid14506573\charrsid16148226  of the plaintiff.}{\insrsid10824150\charrsid16148226  }{\insrsid14506573\charrsid16148226 
In the agreed list the Movie title }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid14506573\charrsid16148226 KUSHI}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid14506573\charrsid16148226 
 is agreed to have been forwarded to the defendant by the plaintiff, and the airway bill marked }{\insrsid16201624\charrsid16148226 \{P11(7)\} shows the shipper as SHIVAM VIDEOTECH PVT. LTD.}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226  }{
\insrsid16201624\charrsid16148226 Therefore by agreeing to the }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid16201624\charrsid16148226 agreed list}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid16201624\charrsid16148226  in the PTC, t
he defendant is estopped from denying that shipment from SHIVAM VIDEOTECH PVT. LTD is shipment from the plaintiff.}{\insrsid16739234\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\insrsid16606224\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\b\insrsid13653447\charrsid7416466 22}{\insrsid12256705\charrsid16148226 . Among}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226  }{\insrsid3223134\charrsid16148226 the }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid3223134\charrsid16148226 AFFIDAVITS}{
\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid3223134\charrsid16148226  marked }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid3223134\charrsid16148226 P1}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid3223134\charrsid16148226  to }{
\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid3223134\charrsid16148226 P10}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid2770593\charrsid16148226 ,}{\insrsid3223134\charrsid16148226  in P1 to P8 the assignee is the plaintiff. How}{
\insrsid15498822\charrsid16148226 ever in P9 and P10 the assignee}{\insrsid15419880\charrsid16148226 s}{\insrsid15498822\charrsid16148226  are respecti
vely RISHIMA INTERNATIONAL PVT. LTD and ASIA INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED. P9 is in respect of the Movie title }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid15498822\charrsid16148226 NA TUM JAANO NA HUM}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{
\insrsid15498822\charrsid16148226  and P10 is in respect of the Movie title }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid15498822\charrsid16148226 BAGHBAN}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid15498822\charrsid16148226 
. Both the said movie titles the defendant had agreed}{\insrsid7163577\charrsid16148226 ,}{\insrsid15498822\charrsid16148226  to have been forwarded by the plaintiff}{\insrsid10510439\charrsid16148226  to the defendant}{\insrsid2770593\charrsid16148226 ,}
{\insrsid10510439\charrsid16148226  as per the Agreed facts}{\insrsid7163577\charrsid16148226 ,}{\insrsid10510439\charrsid16148226  item (ii)}{\insrsid7163577\charrsid16148226 ,}{\insrsid10510439\charrsid16148226  and}{\insrsid15498822\charrsid16148226 
 in agreeing to the }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid15498822\charrsid16148226 agreed list}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid10510439\charrsid16148226 ,}{\insrsid15498822\charrsid16148226  in }{\insrsid3034727\charrsid16148226 
the PTC Minutes. Therefore the defendant is estopped from denying that the said two Movie titles were f}{\insrsid2770593\charrsid16148226 orwarded to it by the plaintiff (irrespective of copyright).}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226  }{
\insrsid15796852\charrsid16148226 In any event}{\insrsid5055181\charrsid16148226 ,}{\insrsid15796852\charrsid16148226  RISHIMA INTERNATIONAL PVT. LTD is said to be the name of the }{\insrsid15419880\charrsid16148226 plaintiff}{
\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 '}{\insrsid15419880\charrsid16148226 s predecessor company, but the certificate of incorporation was not led in evidence and as such it remains an alleged fact.}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226  }{
\insrsid15419880\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\insrsid16606224\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\b\insrsid13653447\charrsid7416466 23}{\insrsid12256705\charrsid16148226 . It}{\insrsid15796852\charrsid16148226 
 is also note worthy that according to the said Affidavits what appear to have been transferred to plaintiff is not the copyright itself, but }{\insrsid5055181\charrsid16148226 leased}{\insrsid15796852\charrsid16148226  rights in respect of }{
\insrsid5055181\charrsid16148226 that right limited to time and region. The prints are the form in which the }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid5055181\charrsid16148226 tangible}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{
\insrsid5055181\charrsid16148226  aspect of the copyright is transferred. It is obvious that with the }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid5055181\charrsid16148226 Agreement}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid5055181\charrsid16148226 
 plaintiff should also get at least a print or a master copy. It is also obvious that the producer will not part with the original print when he is only transferring the rig}{\insrsid7163577\charrsid16148226 hts for a limited period (about}{
\insrsid5055181\charrsid16148226  10 years) and to a limited region. Therefore it is }{\insrsid16387588\charrsid16148226 incorrect}{\insrsid5055181\charrsid16148226  for the plaintiff to assert that all prints are }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 
originals, though}{\insrsid16207898\charrsid16148226  they may be brand new!}{\insrsid3223134\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\insrsid3034727\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\b\insrsid15429222\charrsid7416466 25.}{\insrsid15429222\charrsid16148226  }{\b\ul\insrsid15419880\charrsid7416466 I shall deal with each Movie title and the extent to which matters relating to the relevant prints are held to have been proved;}{
\insrsid15419880\charrsid16148226 
\par 
\par }{\insrsid16402048\charrsid16148226 1.}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid10510439\charrsid16148226 NA TUM JAANO NA HUM}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid10633468 
\par }{\insrsid7416466\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\insrsid3034727\charrsid16148226 The airway bill in respect of the Movie title }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid3034727\charrsid16148226 NA TUM JAANO NA HUM}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid3034727\charrsid16148226 
 was marked as P11(1) and the said airway bill sets out that it consist }{\insrsid7028378\charrsid16148226 of }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid7028378\charrsid16148226 FOUR BRAND NEW 35MM COLOR PRINTS}{\insrsid5339346\charrsid16148226 ..}{
\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid7028378\charrsid16148226 . As such }{\insrsid6964710\charrsid16148226 the plaintiff has proved that four prints of the said title has been forwarde}{\insrsid10510439\charrsid16148226 d}{
\insrsid6964710\charrsid16148226  to defendant and the defendant having agreed that two have been returned}{\ul\insrsid6964710\charrsid7416466  there are two}{\ul\insrsid16402048\charrsid7416466 (2)}{\ul\insrsid6964710\charrsid7416466 
 more prints to be returned.}{\ul\insrsid3034727\charrsid7416466 
\par }{\ul\insrsid10510439\charrsid7416466 
\par }{\insrsid16402048\charrsid16148226 2.}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid10510439\charrsid16148226 HUM TUMHARE HAI SANAM}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid10633468 
\par }{\insrsid7416466\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\insrsid16402048\charrsid16148226 The airway bill in respect of the Movie title }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid16402048\charrsid16148226 HUM TUMHARE HAI SANAM}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid16402048\charrsid16148226 
 was marked as P11(2) and the said airway bill sets out that it consist of }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid16402048\charrsid16148226 THREE BRAND NEW 35MM COLOR PRINTS}{\insrsid5339346\charrsid16148226 ..}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "
}{\insrsid16402048\charrsid16148226 . As such the plaintiff has proved that three prints of the said title has been forwarded to defendant and the defendant having agreed that one have been returned }{\ul\insrsid16402048\charrsid7416466 
there are two(2) more prints to be returned.
\par }{\insrsid16402048\charrsid16148226 
\par 3.}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid16402048\charrsid16148226 DEVDAS}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid10633468 
\par }{\insrsid7416466\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\insrsid16402048\charrsid16148226 The airway bill in respect of the Movie title }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid16402048\charrsid16148226 DEVDAS}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid16402048\charrsid16148226 
 was marked as P11(3) and the said airway bill s}{\insrsid5339346\charrsid16148226 ets out that it consist of }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid5339346\charrsid16148226 04}{\insrsid16402048\charrsid16148226  BRAND NEW 35MM COLOR PRINTS}{
\insrsid5339346\charrsid16148226 ...}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid16402048\charrsid16148226 . As such the plaintiff has proved that four prints of the said t
itle has been forwarded to defendant and the defendant having agreed that two have been returned }{\ul\insrsid16402048\charrsid7416466 there are two(2) more prints to be returned}{\insrsid16402048\charrsid16148226 .
\par }{\insrsid5339346\charrsid16148226 
\par 4.}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid5339346\charrsid16148226 KHUSHI}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid10633468 
\par }{\insrsid7416466\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\insrsid5339346\charrsid16148226 The airway bill in respect of the Movie title }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid5339346\charrsid16148226 KHUSHI}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid5339346\charrsid16148226 
 was marked as P11(7) and the said airway bill s}{\insrsid1646582\charrsid16148226 ets out that it is said to contain}{\insrsid5339346\charrsid16148226  }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid5339346\charrsid16148226 
2NO. BRAND NEW 35MM COLOR PRINT\'85}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid5339346\charrsid16148226 . As such th}{\insrsid1646582\charrsid16148226 e plaintiff has proved that two(2)}{\insrsid5339346\charrsid16148226 
 prints of the said title has been forwarded to defendant and the defe}{\insrsid1646582\charrsid16148226 ndant having agreed that one have been returned}{\ul\insrsid1646582\charrsid7416466  there is one(1) more print}{\ul\insrsid5339346\charrsid7416466 
 to be returned.}{\ul\insrsid10700950\charrsid7416466 
\par }{\insrsid10700950\charrsid16148226 
\par 5.}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid10700950\charrsid16148226 ARMAAN}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid10633468 
\par }{\insrsid7416466\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\insrsid10700950\charrsid16148226 The airway bill in respect of the Movie title }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid10700950\charrsid16148226 ARMAAN}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid10700950\charrsid16148226 
 was marked as P11(8) and the said airway bill sets out that it consist of }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid10700950\charrsid16148226 THREE BRAND NEW PRINTS IN 35MM COL..}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{
\insrsid10700950\charrsid16148226 . As such the plaintiff has proved that three prints of the said title has been forwarded to defendant and the defendant having agreed that one have been returned }{\ul\insrsid10700950\charrsid7416466 
there are two(2) more prints to be returned.
\par }{\insrsid10700950\charrsid16148226 
\par 6.}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid10700950\charrsid16148226 CHALTE CHALTE}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid10633468 
\par }{\insrsid7416466\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\insrsid10700950\charrsid16148226 The airway bill in respect of the Movie title }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid10700950\charrsid16148226 CHALTE CHALTE}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid10700950\charrsid16148226 
 was marked as P11(9) and the said airway bill sets out that it is said to contain }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid10700950\charrsid16148226 3NOS. BRAND NEW 35MM COLOR PRINTS..}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{
\insrsid10700950\charrsid16148226 . As such the plaintiff has proved that three prints of the said title has been forwarded to defendant and the defendant having agreed that one have been returned }{\ul\insrsid10700950\charrsid7416466 
there are two(2) more prints to be returned.
\par }{\insrsid10700950\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\insrsid9465866\charrsid16148226 7.}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid9465866\charrsid16148226 DARNA MANA HAI}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid10633468 
\par }{\insrsid7416466\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\insrsid9465866\charrsid16148226 No}{\insrsid10700950\charrsid16148226  airway bill in respect of the M}{\insrsid9465866\charrsid16148226 ovie title }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid9465866\charrsid16148226 DARNA MANA HAI}{
\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid9465866\charrsid16148226  was marked. However the question of delivery does not arise in respect of this Movie title as the number of prints agreed}{\insrsid7417857\charrsid16148226  }{
\insrsid9465866\charrsid16148226 to have been returned according to the }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid9465866\charrsid16148226 Agreed list}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid9465866\charrsid16148226  is two(2)}{
\insrsid7417857\charrsid16148226 ,}{\insrsid9465866\charrsid16148226  and according to the list in paragraph 3 of the statement of claim of the plaintiff as well as in the list in the letter marked }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{
\insrsid9465866\charrsid16148226 P 12}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid7417857\charrsid16148226 the number of prints forwarded too is two(2). }{\ul\insrsid7417857\charrsid7416466 As such all 
prints in respect of this Movie title has been returned.}{\ul\insrsid10700950\charrsid7416466 
\par }{\ul\insrsid7417857\charrsid7416466 
\par }{\insrsid7417857\charrsid16148226 8.}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid7417857\charrsid16148226 TERE NAAM}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid7417857 
\par }{\insrsid7416466\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\insrsid7417857\charrsid16148226 The airway bill in respect of the Movie title }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid7417857\charrsid16148226 TERE NAAM}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid7417857\charrsid16148226 
 was marked as P11(11) and the said airway bill sets out that it consist of }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid7417857\charrsid16148226 TWO BRAND NEW 35MM COL. PRINTS..}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid7417857\charrsid16148226 
. As such the plaintiff has proved that two(2) prints of the said title has been forwarded to defendant and the defendant having agreed that one have been returned there is one(1) more print to be returned.
\par 
\par 9.}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid7417857\charrsid16148226 KUCH NA KAHO}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid7417857 
\par }{\insrsid7416466\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\insrsid7417857\charrsid16148226 The airway bill in respect of the Movie title }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid7417857\charrsid16148226 KUCH NA KAHO}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid7417857\charrsid16148226 
 was marked as P11(12) and the said airway bill sets out that it consist of }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid7417857\charrsid16148226 TWO BRAND NEW 35MM COLOR PRINTS..}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid7417857\charrsid16148226 
. As such the plaintiff}{\insrsid5312630\charrsid16148226  has proved that two(2)}{\insrsid7417857\charrsid16148226  prints of the said title has been forwarded to defendant and the }{\insrsid5312630\charrsid16148226 def
endant having agreed that one have been returned }{\ul\insrsid5312630\charrsid7416466 there is one(1) more print}{\ul\insrsid7417857\charrsid7416466  to be returned.
\par }{\insrsid5312630\charrsid16148226 
\par 10.}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid5312630\charrsid16148226 PARWANA}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid5312630 
\par }{\insrsid7416466\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\insrsid5312630\charrsid16148226 The airway bill in respect of the Movie title }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid5312630\charrsid16148226 PARWANA}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid5312630\charrsid16148226 
 was marked as P11(13) and the said airway bill sets out that it consist of }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid5312630\charrsid16148226 TWO BRAND NEW 35MM COLOUR PRINTS..}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid5312630\charrsid16148226 
. As such the plaintiff has proved that two(2) prints of the said title has been forwarded to defendant and the defendant having agreed that one(1) have been returned }{\ul\insrsid5312630\charrsid7416466 there is one(1) more print to be returned.
\par }{\insrsid5312630\charrsid16148226 
\par 11.}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid5312630\charrsid16148226 BABHAAN}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid5312630 
\par }{\insrsid7416466\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\insrsid5312630\charrsid16148226 The airway bill in respect of the Movie title }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid5312630\charrsid16148226 BABHAAN}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid5312630\charrsid16148226 
 was marked as P11(14) and the said airway bill sets out that it consist of }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid5312630\charrsid16148226 THREE BRAND NEW 35MM COL. PRINT..}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid5312630\charrsid16148226 
. As such the plaintiff has proved that three(3) prints of the said title has been forwarded to defendant and the defendant having agreed that one(1) have been returned }{\ul\insrsid5312630\charrsid7416466 there are two(2) more prints to be returned.}{
\insrsid5312630\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\insrsid16207898\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\insrsid5312630\charrsid16148226 12.}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid5312630\charrsid16148226 SSSHHH}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid5312630 
\par }{\insrsid7416466\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\insrsid7810036\charrsid16148226 No airway bill in respect of the Movie title }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid7810036\charrsid16148226 SSSHHH}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid7810036\charrsid16148226 
 was marked. However the question of delivery does not arise in respect of this Movie title as well as the number of prints agreed to have been returned according to the }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid7810036\charrsid16148226 Agreed list}{
\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid7810036\charrsid16148226  is two(2), and according to the list in paragraph 3 of the statement of claim of the plaintiff as well as in the list in the letter marked }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{
\insrsid7810036\charrsid16148226 P 12}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid7810036\charrsid16148226 the number of prints }{\insrsid16474908\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\insrsid7810036\charrsid16148226 forwarded too is two(2). }{\ul\insrsid7810036\charrsid7416466 As such all prints in respect of this Movie title has been returned.
\par }{\ul\insrsid5312630\charrsid7416466 
\par }{\insrsid7810036\charrsid16148226 13.}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid7810036\charrsid16148226 TEHZEEB}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid7810036 
\par }{\insrsid7416466\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\insrsid7810036\charrsid16148226 No airway bill in respect of the Movie title }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid7810036\charrsid16148226 TEHZEEB}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid7810036\charrsid16148226 
 was marked. However the question of delivery does not arise in respect of this Movie title as well as the number of prints agreed to have been returned according to the }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid7810036\charrsid16148226 Agreed list}{
\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid7810036\charrsid16148226  is two(2), and according to the list in paragraph 3 of the statement of claim of the plaintiff as well as in the list in the letter marked }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{
\insrsid7810036\charrsid16148226 P 12}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid7810036\charrsid16148226 the number of prints forwarded too is two(2). }{\ul\insrsid7810036\charrsid7416466 
As such all prints in respect of this Movie title has been returned.
\par }{\insrsid7810036\charrsid16148226 
\par 14.}{\insrsid7369995\charrsid16148226  }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid7369995\charrsid16148226 MUHNA BHAI}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226  }{\insrsid7369995\charrsid16148226 M.B.B.S}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{
\insrsid4611033\charrsid16148226  (}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid4611033\charrsid16148226 MUNNA BHAI}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226  }{\insrsid4611033\charrsid16148226 M.B.B.S}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{
\insrsid4611033\charrsid16148226 )}{\insrsid7810036 
\par }{\insrsid7416466\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\insrsid7810036\charrsid16148226 The airway bill in respect of the M}{\insrsid7369995\charrsid16148226 ovie title }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid4611033\charrsid16148226 MUN}{\insrsid7369995\charrsid16148226 NA BHAI}{
\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226  }{\insrsid7369995\charrsid16148226 M.B.B.S}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid7810036\charrsid16148226  was marked as P11(1}{\insrsid7369995\charrsid16148226 7}{\insrsid7810036\charrsid16148226 
) and the said airway bill s}{\insrsid7369995\charrsid16148226 ets out that it consist of }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid7369995\charrsid16148226 2}{\insrsid7810036\charrsid16148226  BRAND NEW 35MM COLOR PRINTS}{
\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid7810036\charrsid16148226 . }{\ul\insrsid4611033\charrsid7416466 
It may be noted that the number of prints in the airway bill is hand written as 2, however as the weight of the package indicates 74 Kg, and the average weight per print calculated on the information on the airway bill}{
\ul\insrsid10633468\charrsid7416466 s}{\ul\insrsid4611033\charrsid7416466  is approximately 40 Kg per print, I am inclined to consider the quantity indicated by hand therein is correct.}{\insrsid4611033\charrsid16148226  }{
\insrsid7810036\charrsid16148226 As such th}{\insrsid7369995\charrsid16148226 e plaintiff has proved that two(2)}{\insrsid7810036\charrsid16148226  prints of the said title has been forwarded to defendant and the }{\insrsid7369995\charrsid16148226 
defendant having agreed that one have been returned }{\ul\insrsid7369995\charrsid7416466 there is one(1) more print}{\ul\insrsid7810036\charrsid7416466  to be returned.}{\ul\insrsid7369995\charrsid7416466  
\par }{\insrsid4611033\charrsid16148226 
\par 15.}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid4611033\charrsid16148226 LOC- KARGIL}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid4611033 
\par }{\insrsid7416466\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\ul\insrsid4611033\charrsid7416466 Two airway bills in respect of the Movie title }{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 ""}{\ul\insrsid4611033\charrsid7416466 LOC- KARGIL}{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 ""}{\ul\insrsid4611033\charrsid7416466 
 was marked as P11(18) and P11(19)}{\insrsid4611033\charrsid16148226  and the said airway bills sets out that it consist of }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid4611033\charrsid16148226 ONE BRAND NEW 35MM COL. PRINT..}{
\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid4611033\charrsid16148226  and }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid4611033\charrsid16148226 TWO BRAND NEW 35MM COL. PRINTS..}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid4611033\charrsid16148226 
.. As such the plaintiff has proved that three(3) prints of the said title has been forwarded to defendant and the defendant having agreed that one(1) have been returned }{\ul\insrsid4611033\charrsid7416466 there are two(2) more prints to be returned.}{
\insrsid4611033\charrsid16148226 
\par 
\par }{\b\insrsid15429222\charrsid7416466 26}{\insrsid12256705\charrsid16148226 .}{\b\ul\insrsid12256705\charrsid7416466  As}{\b\ul\insrsid9261697\charrsid7416466  such out of the 15 titles set out in the }{\b\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{
\b\ul\insrsid9261697\charrsid7416466 Agreed list}{\b\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\b\ul\insrsid9261697\charrsid7416466  there are, as held above,}{\b\ul\insrsid12546557\charrsid7416466 19 prints left to be returned}{
\b\ul\insrsid9261697\charrsid7416466 .}{\insrsid4611033\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\insrsid9261697\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\b\insrsid15429222\charrsid7416466 27.}{\insrsid1277430\charrsid16148226  }{\b\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\b\ul\insrsid1277430\charrsid7416466 SHAKTI}{\b\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\b\ul\insrsid1277430\charrsid7416466 , }{
\b\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\b\ul\insrsid1277430\charrsid7416466 KARZ}{\b\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\b\ul\insrsid1277430\charrsid7416466  and }{\b\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\b\ul\insrsid1277430\charrsid7416466 DUM}{
\b\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\insrsid1277430\charrsid16148226 ; }{\insrsid12546557\charrsid16148226 
It must be stated that the plaintiff marked in evidence the airway bills in respect of the three Movie titles omitted in the Agreed list, namely; }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid12546557\charrsid16148226 SHAKTI}{
\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid12546557\charrsid16148226 , }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid12546557\charrsid16148226 KARZ}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid12546557\charrsid16148226  and }{
\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid12546557\charrsid16148226 DUM}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid12546557\charrsid16148226 , as}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226  }{\insrsid10038765\charrsid16148226 
P11(4), P11(5) and P11(6) respectively.}{\insrsid11364662\charrsid16148226  According to the said airway bills there are 3 prints in respect of }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid11364662\charrsid16148226 SHAKTI}{
\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 ",}{\insrsid11364662\charrsid16148226  2 prints in respect of }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid11364662\charrsid16148226 KARZ}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid11144105\charrsid16148226 
 and 1 print in respect of }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid11144105\charrsid16148226 DUM}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid11144105\charrsid16148226  making 6 prints. }{\ul\insrsid11144105\charrsid7416466 
Those 6 prints are not added to the above list of 19 prints as the par}{\ul\insrsid8270753\charrsid7416466 ties have agreed}{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 ;}{\ul\insrsid11144105\charrsid7416466  }{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{
\ul\insrsid8270753\charrsid7416466 that the plaintiff did forward the }{\ul\insrsid11144105\charrsid7416466 following Hindi Movies in theatrical print to the defendant to be played in Cinema Houses in Fiji}{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{
\ul\insrsid8270753\charrsid7416466 ,}{\ul\insrsid11144105\charrsid7416466  \{Agreed fac}{\ul\insrsid8270753\charrsid7416466 t (ii) of the PTC Minutes.\}}{\insrsid8270753\charrsid7416466  }{\insrsid6975648\charrsid16148226 and the }{
\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid6975648\charrsid16148226 following Hindi Movies}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid8270753\charrsid16148226  therein is the }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid8270753\charrsid16148226 
Agreed list}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid8270753\charrsid16148226  in the PTC Minutes which do not have the above three Movie t}{\insrsid6975648\charrsid16148226 itles. }{\ul\insrsid6975648\charrsid7416466 However the defendant have}{
\ul\insrsid8270753\charrsid7416466  permitted the said airway bills to be marked as well as the }{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\ul\insrsid8270753\charrsid7416466 AFFIDAVITS}{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{
\ul\insrsid6975648\charrsid7416466  in respect of }{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\ul\insrsid6975648\charrsid7416466 KARZ}{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\ul\insrsid6975648\charrsid7416466  and }{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{
\ul\insrsid6975648\charrsid7416466 SHAKTI}{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\ul\insrsid6975648\charrsid7416466  as P6 and P7 respectively.}{\insrsid14974654\charrsid16148226  }{\insrsid16327312\charrsid16148226 
In respect of the other airway bills too the defendant has not offered an}{\insrsid11435215\charrsid16148226 y}{\insrsid16327312\charrsid16148226  evidence or submission to contradict the forwarding of the prints to the defendant as evidenced by them.}{
\insrsid11435215\charrsid16148226  }{\b\ul\insrsid11435215\charrsid7416466 Furthermore the defendants witness }{\b\ul\insrsid15429222\charrsid7416466 volunteered}{\b\ul\insrsid11435215\charrsid7416466  in evidence that it had sold to }{
\b\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\b\ul\insrsid11435215\charrsid7416466 SWASTIK}{\b\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 " }{\b\ul\insrsid11435215\charrsid7416466 the prints}{\b\ul\insrsid14774513\charrsid7416466  of the following titles;}{
\b\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466  }{\b\ul\insrsid11435215\charrsid7416466 SHAKTI, KARZ, DUM, KUSHI, ARMAN, CHALTE CHALTE and TERE NAM}{\b\ul\insrsid1277430\charrsid7416466  (7 TITLES}{\b\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466  }{
\b\ul\insrsid1277430\charrsid7416466 )}{\b\ul\insrsid11435215\charrsid7416466 .}{\b\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466  }{\b\ul\insrsid11435215\charrsid7416466 2 print}{\b\ul\insrsid1277430\charrsid7416466 s}{\b\ul\insrsid11435215\charrsid7416466 
 of KARZ was said to have been so sent}{\b\ul\insrsid1277430\charrsid7416466  (therefore 9 prints)}{\b\ul\insrsid11435215\charrsid7416466 .}{\b\ul\insrsid16327312\charrsid7416466  Therefore on the evidence led I find t}{
\b\ul\insrsid14774513\charrsid7416466 hat the 6 prints in respect of the Movie titles;}{\b\ul\insrsid16327312\charrsid7416466  }{\b\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\b\ul\insrsid16327312\charrsid7416466 SHAKTI}{\b\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "
}{\b\ul\insrsid16327312\charrsid7416466 , }{\b\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\b\ul\insrsid16327312\charrsid7416466 KARZ}{\b\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\b\ul\insrsid16327312\charrsid7416466  and }{\b\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}
{\b\ul\insrsid16327312\charrsid7416466 DUM}{\b\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid7416466 "}{\b\ul\insrsid16327312\charrsid7416466  too have been forwarded to}{\b\ul\insrsid14774513\charrsid7416466 
 the defendant . As such these 6 prints too ought to be added to the list of 19 prints the defendant was found as having received as above. As such by the admission of the defendants own witness and forthrightly so, of the sale of the aforesaid prints, th
e full complement of 25 prints are proved to have been with the defendant available for return to the plaintiff}{\insrsid14774513\charrsid16148226 .}{\insrsid1277430\charrsid16148226 (19 +}{\insrsid3544076\charrsid16148226 9 prints)}{
\insrsid12546557\charrsid16148226  
\par }{\b\insrsid4611033\charrsid7416466 
\par }{\b\insrsid15429222\charrsid7416466 28.}{\b\insrsid12256705  }{\insrsid14974654\charrsid16148226 As the plaintiff is only claiming the raw material costs of US$1200/- per print as damages}{\insrsid6911221\charrsid16148226 ,}{
\insrsid14974654\charrsid16148226  and has abandoned the other claims for damages}{\insrsid11814757\charrsid16148226  (as referred to above}{\insrsid16327312\charrsid16148226 )}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 ,}{\insrsid14974654\charrsid16148226 
 on the defendant}{\insrsid8931678\charrsid16148226  having failed}{\insrsid14974654\charrsid16148226  to return the prints, what this court needs to determine in law is whether the defendant is obliged;}{\insrsid16327312\charrsid16148226 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7416466 {\insrsid11814757\charrsid16148226 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid7416466 {\insrsid14974654\charrsid16148226 (a) in law }{\insrsid16327312\charrsid16148226 and/}{\insrsid14974654\charrsid16148226 or}{
\insrsid16327312\charrsid16148226 ,}{\insrsid14974654\charrsid16148226  }{\insrsid16327312\charrsid16148226 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7416466 {\insrsid11814757\charrsid16148226 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid7416466 {\insrsid14974654\charrsid16148226 (b)}{\insrsid16327312\charrsid16148226  }{\insrsid14974654\charrsid16148226 
as per contract or practice of the trade, to return the prints forwarded to it by the plaintiff. }{\insrsid16327312\charrsid16148226 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid16148226 {\insrsid11814757\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\insrsid14974654\charrsid16148226 If the defendant is found to be so obliged, thereafter the court has to determine what amount the plaintiff is entitled to as damages for the non return of the relevant number of prints}{
\insrsid8931678\charrsid16148226  or whether the plaintiff is entitled}{\insrsid14774513\charrsid16148226  to}{\insrsid8931678\charrsid16148226  damages otherwise for the non return of the prints}{\insrsid14974654\charrsid16148226 . 
\par }{\insrsid7369995\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\b\insrsid15429222\charrsid7416466 29}{\insrsid12256705\charrsid16148226 . It}{\insrsid12415919\charrsid16148226  is an agreed fact that }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid12415919\charrsid16148226 
the plaintiff did appoint the defendants to be their agents in Fiji}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid12415919\charrsid16148226  as per the agreed fact (i) of the PTC Minutes. }{\ul\insrsid12415919\charrsid7416466 
As this is an agreed fact it becomes a constant factor that the parties cannot vary midstream in the trial.}{\insrsid12415919\charrsid16148226  As such}{\insrsid11356591\charrsid16148226  for the moment,}{\insrsid12415919\charrsid16148226 
 I ignore any submissions suggesting otherwise. 
\par }{\insrsid15429222\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\b\insrsid15429222\charrsid7416466 30}{\b\insrsid12256705\charrsid7416466 .}{\ul\insrsid12256705\charrsid7416466  Based}{\ul\insrsid542315\charrsid7416466  on this admitted fact}{\ul\insrsid12415919\charrsid7416466  of agency I shall proceed to 
determine whether the defendant is obliged to return the relevant prints as above}{\ul\insrsid542315\charrsid7416466  without reference to any particular term of a}{\ul\insrsid3622404\charrsid7416466 n}{\ul\insrsid542315\charrsid7416466  alleged contract}
{\ul\insrsid12415919\charrsid7416466 .}{\insrsid12415919\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\insrsid16474908\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\insrsid10699256\charrsid16148226 As between the agent and the principal the agent cannot contest the title of the principal. As such in respe
ct of all the prints that have been delivered to the defendant by the plaintiff as its principal the defendant cannot}{\insrsid542315\charrsid16148226 ,}{\insrsid10699256\charrsid16148226  to retain the prints}{\insrsid542315\charrsid16148226 ,}{
\insrsid10699256\charrsid16148226  urge a defense that the plaintiff has no title to them. Any how the plaintiff has led in evidence 10 Affidavits}{\insrsid11548457\charrsid16148226  by the producers}{\insrsid10699256\charrsid16148226 
 in evidence of assigned rights to exhibit the said Movie titles}{\insrsid11548457\charrsid16148226 . The said Affidavits were marked in ev}{\insrsid542315\charrsid16148226 idence as }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid542315\charrsid16148226 
P1}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid542315\charrsid16148226  TO }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid542315\charrsid16148226 P10}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid542315\charrsid16148226 .}{
\insrsid11548457\charrsid16148226  }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid11548457\charrsid16148226 P1}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid11548457\charrsid16148226  to }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{
\insrsid11548457\charrsid16148226 P8}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid11548457\charrsid16148226  assigns the rights to the plaintiff}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 ,}{\insrsid11548457\charrsid16148226  while }{
\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid11548457\charrsid16148226 P9}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid11548457\charrsid16148226  and }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid11548457\charrsid16148226 P10}{
\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid10699256\charrsid16148226  }{\insrsid11548457\charrsid16148226 assigns to two }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid11548457\charrsid16148226 different companies}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{
\insrsid11548457\charrsid16148226 . It is correct that }{\ul\insrsid11548457\charrsid8736892 though the plaintiff alleged these two companies to be }{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid8736892 "}{\ul\insrsid11548457\charrsid8736892 sister companies}{
\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid8736892 "}{\ul\insrsid11548457\charrsid8736892  the plaintiff has failed to prove that as a fact. The required circumstances do not exist in this case for the court to look beyond the veil of incorporation and even t}{
\ul\insrsid2386906\charrsid8736892 o do so the plaintiff has not provi}{\ul\insrsid11548457\charrsid8736892 ded the }{\ul\insrsid2386906\charrsid8736892 c}{\ul\insrsid3544076\charrsid8736892 orporate in}{\ul\insrsid2386906\charrsid8736892 formation}{
\ul\insrsid542315\charrsid8736892 ,}{\ul\insrsid2386906\charrsid8736892  such as}{\ul\insrsid542315\charrsid8736892  information of}{\ul\insrsid2386906\charrsid8736892 
 the common shareholders. In any event due to the agreed fact of agency the defendant is not in a position to challenge}{\ul\insrsid3622404\charrsid8736892  the}{\ul\insrsid2386906\charrsid8736892  title}{\ul\insrsid9595812\charrsid8736892 
 of the plaintiff to the property}{\ul\insrsid2386906\charrsid8736892 , and }{\ul\insrsid542315\charrsid8736892 in any event the defendants only witness in evidence conceded that defendant is not claiming to be the owner }{
\ul\insrsid16207898\charrsid8736892 o}{\ul\insrsid542315\charrsid8736892 f the prints. }{\insrsid542315\charrsid16148226 A}{\insrsid2386906\charrsid16148226 s such what is left for this court}{\insrsid542315\charrsid16148226 ,}{
\insrsid2386906\charrsid16148226  is to now determine}{\insrsid542315\charrsid16148226 , whether the defendant}{\insrsid2386906\charrsid16148226  is obliged to return goods held i}{\insrsid542315\charrsid16148226 n that capacity to the plaintiff}{
\insrsid2386906\charrsid16148226 .}{\insrsid15429222\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\insrsid16606224\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\b\insrsid15429222\charrsid8736892 31.}{\insrsid9595812\charrsid16148226  The agent no doubt could have a lien over the goods of the principal}{\insrsid3544076\charrsid16148226 ,}{\insrsid9595812\charrsid16148226  in it}{
\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 '}{\insrsid9595812\charrsid16148226 s possession}{\insrsid3544076\charrsid16148226 ,}{\insrsid9595812\charrsid16148226  till any liquidated dues are paid to it. However there is no such lien alleged or any dues pleaded.}{
\ul\insrsid9595812\charrsid8736892  In fact the defendant has returned 20 such prints to the plaintiff after it}{\ul\insrsid7082714\charrsid8736892  demanded through the plaintiff}{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid8736892 '}{\ul\insrsid7082714\charrsid8736892 
s}{\ul\insrsid9595812\charrsid8736892  subsequent agent in }{\ul\insrsid7082714\charrsid8736892 Fiji, and that }{\ul\insrsid11356591\charrsid8736892 too after the termination of its}{\ul\insrsid7082714\charrsid8736892  agency. There is as such }{
\ul\insrsid2242882\charrsid8736892 active admission }{\ul\insrsid600080\charrsid8736892 by the defendant }{\ul\insrsid7082714\charrsid8736892 of the obligation to return the prints}{\ul\insrsid600080\charrsid8736892  in its possession}{
\ul\insrsid7082714\charrsid8736892 ,}{\ul\insrsid542315\charrsid8736892  to the plaintiff}{\ul\insrsid7082714\charrsid8736892 .}{\ul\insrsid600080\charrsid8736892 
\par }{\b\insrsid16606224\charrsid8736892 
\par }{\b\insrsid15429222\charrsid8736892 32}{\b\insrsid12256705\charrsid8736892 .}{\insrsid12256705\charrsid16148226  The}{\insrsid600080\charrsid16148226  }{\insrsid11356591\charrsid16148226 defendant}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 '}{
\insrsid11356591\charrsid16148226 s}{\insrsid600080\charrsid16148226  defense is found in paragraph 4, 6 and 7 of its statement of defense. }{\ul\insrsid600080\charrsid8736892 
The crux of that defense is that it was not part of the functions of the defendant to collect the prints from the Cinema Houses after }{\ul\insrsid11356591\charrsid8736892 screening nor store them or return}{\ul\insrsid600080\charrsid8736892 
 them to the plaintiff. }{\ul\insrsid11356591\charrsid8736892 However the plaintiff}{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid8736892 '}{\ul\insrsid11356591\charrsid8736892 s 2nd witness Mr. Jack Raniga}{\ul\insrsid13186896\charrsid8736892  in evidence}{
\ul\insrsid11356591\charrsid8736892  asserted that some prints were sold by the defendant }{\ul\insrsid13186896\charrsid8736892 to a third party}{\ul\insrsid11356591\charrsid8736892 , and the defendant}{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid8736892 '}{
\ul\insrsid11356591\charrsid8736892 s only witness Mr. Patel conceded }{\ul\insrsid13186896\charrsid8736892 that it may have happened}{\ul\insrsid3622404\charrsid8736892  and gave details of some 9 prints sold as such}{\ul\insrsid13186896\charrsid8736892 
.}{\insrsid13186896\charrsid16148226  This incident was prior to the demand by the plaintiff for the prints and during the ten}{\insrsid3622404\charrsid16148226 ure of the agency. }{\ul\insrsid3622404\charrsid8736892 The defendant}{
\ul\insrsid13186896\charrsid8736892  as such ought to have known that the prints could have some commercial value}{\ul\insrsid15748816\charrsid8736892  left}{\ul\insrsid13186896\charrsid8736892  after its screening.}{\ul\insrsid15748816\charrsid8736892  

\par }{\insrsid16606224\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\b\insrsid15429222\charrsid8736892 33}{\b\insrsid12256705\charrsid8736892 .}{\insrsid12256705\charrsid16148226  To}{\insrsid15748816\charrsid16148226 
 almost each and every Movie title the plaintiff had entered in to an agreement, however the plaintiff has only marked the Affidavits}{\insrsid9917754\charrsid16148226 (P1 \endash P10)}{\insrsid15748816\charrsid16148226  in respect of those agreements. }{
\b\insrsid15748816\charrsid8736892 The said Affidavits mention the existence of the agreements and that the Agreement is attached to the Affidavit}{\b\insrsid3622404\charrsid8736892 , but the }{\b\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid8736892 "}{
\b\ul\insrsid3622404\charrsid8736892 Agreement}{\b\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid8736892 "}{\b\ul\insrsid3622404\charrsid8736892  was }{\b\ul\insrsid3544076\charrsid8736892 not }{\b\ul\insrsid3622404\charrsid8736892 tendered in evidence.}{
\ul\insrsid15748816\charrsid8736892  The Affidavit does not give the consideration for the assigning
 of the rights(copyrights) or how the Movie titles are passed. It does not give how many prints are provided or whether only a single copy is provided out of which the plaintiff may make copies. It does not stipulate whether th}{
\ul\insrsid2242882\charrsid8736892 e print or the original supplied,}{\ul\insrsid15748816\charrsid8736892  needs to be returned at the }{\ul\insrsid9917754\charrsid8736892 expiry}{\ul\insrsid15748816\charrsid8736892  of the lease term.}{
\ul\insrsid9917754\charrsid8736892  All such terms would be in the Agreement}{\ul\insrsid406976\charrsid8736892 s}{\ul\insrsid9917754\charrsid8736892  proper}{\ul\insrsid406976\charrsid8736892 , which were not led in evidence}{
\ul\insrsid9917754\charrsid8736892 . }{\ul\insrsid406976\charrsid8736892 
\par }{\insrsid16606224\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\b\insrsid15429222\charrsid8736892 34}{\insrsid12256705\charrsid16148226 .}{\ul\insrsid12256705\charrsid8736892  It}{\ul\insrsid9917754\charrsid8736892 
 is surprising that the plaintiff did not enter in to at least a memorandum of understanding with the defendant.}{\ul\insrsid15748816\charrsid8736892  }{\ul\insrsid9917754\charrsid8736892 
It is not unusual for civil litigants to keep some documents from the public eye in their mutual interest.}{\insrsid15748816\charrsid16148226  }{\insrsid9917754\charrsid16148226 
In the absence of documentary evidence of the terms of a contract court has to consider the oral evidence}{\insrsid6183042\charrsid16148226  of the parties at the inception of the contract,}{\insrsid1134974\charrsid16148226  and}{
\insrsid6183042\charrsid16148226  during the implementation of the contract. }{\insrsid15429222\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\b\insrsid16606224\charrsid8736892 
\par }{\b\insrsid15429222\charrsid8736892 35}{\insrsid12256705\charrsid16148226 .}{\ul\insrsid12256705\charrsid8736892  The}{\ul\insrsid6183042\charrsid8736892  only available witness}{\ul\insrsid1134974\charrsid8736892 ,}{\ul\insrsid6183042\charrsid8736892 
 who could speak to the terms at the inception of the contract, was the defendants only witness Mr. Patel. }{\insrsid6183042\charrsid16148226 The plaintiffs 1st witness was not with the plaintiff at 
the inception of the contract or during its implementation, he joined the plaintiff well after the termination of the contract. }{\insrsid15429222\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\insrsid16606224\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\b\insrsid15429222\charrsid8736892 36}{\insrsid12256705\charrsid16148226 .}{\ul\insrsid12256705\charrsid8736892  The}{\ul\insrsid6183042\charrsid8736892  plaintiffs 2nd witness}{\ul\insrsid3541291\charrsid8736892  (}{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid8736892 
Mr. Jack}{\ul\insrsid3541291\charrsid8736892  Raniga)}{\ul\insrsid6183042\charrsid8736892  however was privy to the implementation of the contract as the Marketing Manager of the defendant.}{\ul\insrsid3541291\charrsid8736892  }{
\b\ul\insrsid13393816\charrsid8736892 Both the plaintiffs 2nd witness and the defendant}{\b\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid8736892 '}{\b\ul\insrsid13393816\charrsid8736892 s only witness were unanimous in t}{\b\ul\insrsid406976\charrsid8736892 
heir evidence that}{\b\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid8736892  }{\b\ul\insrsid13393816\charrsid8736892 during the business relationship of the plaintiff and
 the defendant for over ten years the plaintiff never sought the return of the prints or the transmission of the prints to any other country for re-runs. }{\ul\insrsid13393816\charrsid8736892 
Further it is difficult to accept that distributors or Cinema Houses would accept used prints for screening}{\ul\insrsid9393907\charrsid8736892 .}{\ul\insrsid3101148\charrsid8736892  }{\insrsid15429222\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\insrsid16606224\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\b\insrsid15429222\charrsid8736892 37}{\b\insrsid12256705\charrsid8736892 .}{\insrsid12256705\charrsid16148226  On}{\insrsid3101148\charrsid16148226  being questioned by court the defendants witness stated that in the event of }{
\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid3101148\charrsid16148226 burn-out}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid3101148\charrsid16148226  the splicing of the film is done }{\insrsid5845500\charrsid16148226 by the cinema }{
\insrsid3101148\charrsid16148226 and no permission is sought from the }{\insrsid5845500\charrsid16148226 defendant or }{\insrsid3101148\charrsid16148226 plaintiff. }{\insrsid15730481\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\insrsid16606224\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\b\insrsid15730481\charrsid8736892 38.}{\insrsid9393907\charrsid16148226  On being }{\insrsid3101148\charrsid16148226 further }{\insrsid9393907\charrsid16148226 questioned by court the defendants }{\insrsid5845500\charrsid16148226 
witness stated that the highest}{\insrsid9393907\charrsid16148226  }{\insrsid5845500\charrsid16148226 amount paid as share of takings to plaintiff was about }{\insrsid10944984\charrsid16148226 F}{\insrsid9393907\charrsid16148226 $}{
\insrsid10944984\charrsid16148226 45000/-(for }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid10944984\charrsid16148226 BABHBAAN}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid10944984\charrsid16148226 
). He stated that an account was kept for each title and after payment of taxes and }{\insrsid1205725\charrsid16148226 the }{\insrsid10944984\charrsid16148226 share to the cinema and to the defendant}{\insrsid1205725\charrsid16148226 ,}{
\insrsid10944984\charrsid16148226  the balance}{\insrsid9393907\charrsid16148226  would be remitted to the plaintiff as its share of the takings.}{\insrsid10944984\charrsid16148226 
 He stated that no allowance was made for the value of the prints in the Accounts.}{\insrsid13657953\charrsid16148226  }{\insrsid15730481\charrsid16148226 
\par 
\par }{\b\insrsid15730481\charrsid8736892 39}{\insrsid12256705\charrsid16148226 . Both}{\insrsid13657953\charrsid16148226  parties were consistent as to the percentage of the share of the takin}{\insrsid13511721\charrsid16148226 gs with the defendant taking}{
\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226  }{\insrsid13511721\charrsid16148226 12.5}{\insrsid13657953\charrsid16148226 %}{\insrsid16009550\charrsid16148226 (10-15%)}{\insrsid13657953\charrsid16148226  and the pl}{\insrsid13511721\charrsid16148226 
aintiff taking 37.5}{\insrsid13657953\charrsid16148226 % w}{\insrsid13511721\charrsid16148226 ith the Cinema House taking 50}{\insrsid13657953\charrsid16148226 
%. There is no complaint by the plaintiff about the share of its taking or its remittance by the defendant. Parties}{\insrsid8483720\charrsid16148226  appear to}{\insrsid13657953\charrsid16148226  have acted with utmost
 faith for over a long period of time}{\insrsid406976\charrsid16148226  over ten years}{\insrsid13657953\charrsid16148226 .}{\insrsid15730481\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\insrsid16474908\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\b\insrsid15730481\charrsid8736892 40}{\insrsid15730481\charrsid16148226 .}{\insrsid13657953\charrsid16148226  }{\ul\insrsid13657953\charrsid8736892 The }{\ul\insrsid667733\charrsid8736892 
value of a print, compared to the share of the taking of the plaintiff, appear}{\ul\insrsid13657953\charrsid8736892  to be negligible in that background.}{\insrsid6033205\charrsid16148226  Further more the defendants witness stated that a minimum }{
\insrsid10944984\charrsid16148226 deposit or }{\insrsid6033205\charrsid16148226 guarantee sum of }{\insrsid10944984\charrsid16148226 US$1000 to 1500 }{\insrsid6033205\charrsid16148226 
too is paid by the defendant to the plaintiff. Such a guarantee sum generally }{\insrsid667733\charrsid16148226 covers the initial expense of }{\insrsid6033205\charrsid16148226 t}{\insrsid10944984\charrsid16148226 
he party providing the material, in material for service}{\insrsid1205725\charrsid16148226 s}{\insrsid10944984\charrsid16148226  contracts.}{\insrsid3101148\charrsid16148226  
\par }{\insrsid16606224\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\b\insrsid15730481\charrsid8736892 41}{\insrsid12256705\charrsid16148226 . A}{\insrsid3101148\charrsid16148226  comparison of the }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid3101148\charrsid16148226 bottle and the soda}{
\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid406976\charrsid16148226  example}{\insrsid3101148\charrsid16148226 
 was suggested in submissions. A better comparison would be the wardrobe in a theater and the opera, after all it is the forerunner to cinematography. The wardrobe belongs to the theater. In the event of the troupe going on tour}{
\insrsid10633468\charrsid16148226 ,}{\insrsid3101148\charrsid16148226  does the hosting theater get to keep the actors}{\insrsid10633468\charrsid16148226 ,}{\insrsid406976\charrsid16148226  the actresses}{\insrsid3101148\charrsid16148226 
 and their wardrobes}{\insrsid928589\charrsid16148226 ? Hilarious as it may sound, that is how useful comparisons can be!
\par }{\insrsid13186896\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\b\ul\insrsid15730481\charrsid8736892 42.}{\b\ul\insrsid1391486\charrsid8736892 However the basis of the damage to the plaintiff is in the defendant profiting by the sale of the prints and not disclosing}{\b\ul\insrsid10687324\charrsid8736892 
 and remitting}{\b\ul\insrsid1391486\charrsid8736892  that profit to the plaintiff.}{\insrsid1391486\charrsid16148226  The prints belong to the plaintiff on the defendant}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 '}{\insrsid1391486\charrsid16148226 
s admission. On the sale of the prints the proceeds}{\insrsid8931678\charrsid16148226  in law}{\insrsid1391486\charrsid16148226  ought to go to the plaintiff. It was not shown by the plaintiff that the raw material of the prints have a value.}{
\ul\insrsid1391486\charrsid15681350  On the other hand what can be recovered in lieu of the return o}{\ul\insrsid14434659\charrsid15681350 f the print is its market value, and not its cost}{\insrsid14434659\charrsid16148226 ,}{
\b\insrsid14434659\charrsid15681350  as it had been used}{\b\insrsid406976\charrsid15681350 , and profit gained from}{\b\insrsid14434659\charrsid15681350  it.}{\ul\insrsid1391486\charrsid15681350 
 The only evidence of that market value is the price at which the defendant through the plaintiff}{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid15681350 '}{\ul\insrsid1391486\charrsid15681350 s 2nd witness is said to have sold the prints to a third party, which is}{
\ul\insrsid8483720\charrsid15681350  at}{\ul\insrsid1391486\charrsid15681350  }{\ul\insrsid14434659\charrsid15681350 Fiji$500/- per print.}{\ul\insrsid8931678\charrsid15681350  }{\ul\insrsid4013182\charrsid15681350 
\par }{\insrsid10700950\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\b\insrsid15730481\charrsid8736892 43}{\b\insrsid15681350 . }{\insrsid928589\charrsid16148226 In p}{\insrsid406976\charrsid16148226 erusing through the plaintiffs Affidavit V}{\insrsid928589\charrsid16148226 erifying}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226  
}{\insrsid406976\charrsid16148226 its }{\insrsid928589\charrsid16148226 list of documents (Order 24 Rule5) this court came across two airway bills consigned to }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid928589\charrsid16148226 SWASTIK AV INTERNATION}{
\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid928589\charrsid16148226  }{\insrsid8483720\charrsid16148226 (SWASTIK)}{\insrsid928589\charrsid16148226 where the shipper is identified as}{\ul\insrsid928589\charrsid15681350  }{
\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid15681350 "}{\ul\insrsid928589\charrsid15681350 SOUTH PACIFIC RECORDINGS,}{\insrsid928589\charrsid16148226  }{\b\insrsid928589\charrsid15681350 JACK RANIGA}{\insrsid928589\charrsid16148226 , PO BOX 17, NADI, FIJI}{
\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid928589\charrsid16148226 . }{\ul\insrsid928589\charrsid15681350 The to}{\ul\insrsid7547103\charrsid15681350 t}{\ul\insrsid928589\charrsid15681350 al weight of both the airway bills is 289 Kg, }{
\ul\insrsid7547103\charrsid15681350 which would be about 7 prints}{\ul\insrsid8483720\charrsid15681350 . The titles are not identified in the airway bills}{\ul\insrsid7547103\charrsid15681350 . The notable fact therein is the name of the plaintiff}{
\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid15681350 '}{\ul\insrsid7547103\charrsid15681350 
s 2nd witness Jack Raniga (and Director of its succeeding agent in Fiji) who was at that time the Marketing Manager of the defendant, and the absence of the defendants full corporate name ( with LTD).}{\insrsid7547103\charrsid16148226 
 The PO BOX number however appears to be that of the defendant.}{\ul\insrsid7547103\charrsid15681350  So the plaintiff knew as far back as 2004}{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid15681350  }{\ul\insrsid7547103\charrsid15681350 or at least since 2008 }{
\ul\insrsid12274831\charrsid15681350 the air freighting of its prints by the defendant or}{\ul\insrsid7739626\charrsid15681350  by}{\ul\insrsid12274831\charrsid15681350  }{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid15681350 Mr. Jack}{
\ul\insrsid12274831\charrsid15681350  Raniga. It is the same Mr. Raniga who has been authorized to swear the affidavit verifying the plaintiffs list of documents.}{\ul\insrsid15730481\charrsid15681350 
\par }{\insrsid16606224\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\b\insrsid15730481\charrsid8736892 44.}{\b\ul\insrsid12274831\charrsid15681350  }{\b\ul\insrsid9726389\charrsid15681350 
Defendants witness stated that he came to know the day before he gave evidence that 7 titles in the form of 9 prints had been sent to SWATIK. He conceded that defendant was never the owner of }{\b\ul\insrsid7739626\charrsid15681350 t}{
\b\ul\insrsid9726389\charrsid15681350 he prints. The prints sent to SWASTIK he stated were SHAKTI, KARZ, DUM, KUSHI, ARMAN, CHALTE CHALTE and TERE NAM. 2 print}{\b\ul\insrsid1205725\charrsid15681350 s}{\b\ul\insrsid9726389\charrsid15681350 
 of KARZ was said to have been so sent.}{\b\ul\insrsid7739626\charrsid15681350 ( i.e. 9 prints.)}{\b\ul\insrsid10700950\charrsid15681350 
\par }{\insrsid16606224\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\b\insrsid15730481\charrsid15681350 45}{\insrsid12256705\charrsid16148226 .}{\ul\insrsid12256705\charrsid15681350  There}{\ul\insrsid14434659\charrsid15681350  was a foray in to the realms of video piracy and copyright violation during the trial.}{
\insrsid14434659\charrsid16148226  However the acts of the defendant while it was the agent of the plaintiff are the acts of the plaintiff. An agent in law is akin to a conduit. The plaintiff in}{\insrsid7739626\charrsid16148226  su}{
\insrsid3617528\charrsid16148226 b}{\insrsid7739626\charrsid16148226 sequently}{\insrsid14434659\charrsid16148226  employing the defendants marketing manager}{\insrsid12274831\charrsid16148226 ,}{\insrsid14434659\charrsid16148226 
 through whom the sale of the prints to }{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid14434659\charrsid16148226 SWASTIK }{\insrsid12274831\charrsid16148226 AV INTERNATION}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid9726389\charrsid16148226  (}{
\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid9726389\charrsid16148226 SWASTIK}{\insrsid16148226\charrsid16148226 "}{\insrsid9726389\charrsid16148226 )}{\insrsid14434659\charrsid16148226  took place}{\insrsid12274831\charrsid16148226 ,}{
\insrsid14434659\charrsid16148226  has ratified that act of}{\insrsid13720066\charrsid16148226  Mr. Jack Raniga and}{\insrsid14434659\charrsid16148226  its agent}{\insrsid13720066\charrsid16148226 ( the defendant)}{\insrsid14434659\charrsid16148226 .}{
\insrsid10687324\charrsid16148226  }{\ul\insrsid10687324\charrsid15681350 Therefore the }{\ul\insrsid8931678\charrsid15681350 issues of piracy and copyright between}{\ul\insrsid8483720\charrsid15681350  these}{\ul\insrsid8931678\charrsid15681350 
 parties would amount to naught.}{\ul\insrsid10700950\charrsid15681350 
\par }{\insrsid16606224\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\b\insrsid15730481\charrsid15681350 46}{\b\insrsid12256705\charrsid15681350 .}{\insrsid12256705\charrsid16148226  All}{\insrsid4013182\charrsid16148226  the prints sought by the plaintiff are those forwarded between 4/5/2002 and 21/12/2003, }{
\ul\insrsid4013182\charrsid15681350 fairly recent compared to the letter of demand for their return by }{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid15681350 "}{\ul\insrsid4013182\charrsid15681350 P12}{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid15681350 "}{
\ul\insrsid4013182\charrsid15681350  which is dated 26/10/2004}{\insrsid4013182\charrsid16148226 . As such in the defendant failing to return the prints that this }{\insrsid13720066\charrsid16148226 court has found was available}{
\insrsid4013182\charrsid16148226  to return}{\insrsid13720066\charrsid16148226 ,}{\insrsid4013182\charrsid16148226  b}{\insrsid7739626\charrsid16148226 eing 25}{\insrsid4013182\charrsid16148226  prints,}{\b\ul\insrsid4013182\charrsid15681350  this cou
rt is compelled to hold}{\b\ul\insrsid13720066\charrsid15681350  on a balance of probability,}{\b\ul\insrsid4013182\charrsid15681350  given the evidence of such prints having been sold to third parties, that those }{\b\ul\insrsid7739626\charrsid15681350 
25}{\b\ul\insrsid13720066\charrsid15681350  }{\b\ul\insrsid4013182\charrsid15681350 prints too have been likewise sold or disposed}{\b\ul\insrsid14424007\charrsid15681350  by the defendant}{\b\ul\insrsid4013182\charrsid15681350 .}{
\b\ul\insrsid15147174\charrsid15681350  }{\b\ul\insrsid13720066\charrsid15681350 
\par }{\insrsid16606224\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\b\insrsid15730481\charrsid15681350 47}{\b\insrsid12256705\charrsid15681350 .}{\insrsid12256705\charrsid16148226  The}{\insrsid3175912\charrsid16148226 
 closest value to the market value of a print was F$500/- which emerged in the evidence of both the plaintiffs 2nd witness as well as the defense witness.
\par }{\b\insrsid3175912\charrsid15681350 
\par }{\b\insrsid15730481\charrsid15681350 48}{\b\insrsid12256705\charrsid15681350 .}{\insrsid12256705\charrsid16148226  As}{\insrsid15147174\charrsid16148226  such the liability of the defendant to the plaintiff is }{\insrsid13720066\charrsid16148226 Fiji}{
\insrsid7739626\charrsid16148226  $12,500/- (F$500/-x 25}{\insrsid3175912\charrsid16148226 )}{\insrsid13720066\charrsid16148226 .}{\insrsid4013182\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\insrsid16606224\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\b\insrsid15730481\charrsid15681350 49.}{\insrsid15730481\charrsid16148226  }{\ul\insrsid9056846\charrsid15681350 On the defendants defense that there was no written contract between parties and as such the }{\ul\insrsid7739626\charrsid15681350 
terms of such agreement}{\ul\insrsid9056846\charrsid15681350  is not enforceable on the basis that such contract }{\ul\insrsid9836923\charrsid15681350 was to have }{\ul\insrsid14424007\charrsid15681350 been performed over a period in excess of }{
\ul\insrsid9062370\charrsid15681350 one year, ( section 59(e}{\ul\insrsid9836923\charrsid15681350 ) of the Indemnity Guarantee and Bailment}{\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid15681350  }{\ul\insrsid9836923\charrsid15681350 Act Cap 232 of the}{
\ul\insrsid16148226\charrsid15681350  }{\ul\insrsid9836923\charrsid15681350 Laws of Fiji.)}{\ul\insrsid9062370\charrsid15681350 , this court finds thus}{\ul\insrsid14424007\charrsid15681350 ;}{\insrsid14424007\charrsid16148226 
\par 
\par As set out}{\insrsid9836923\charrsid16148226  above I proceeded to decide this case on the simple principle of e}{\insrsid2890314\charrsid16148226 quity, that the defendant}{\insrsid9836923\charrsid16148226  having sold or otherwise disposed of goods}{
\insrsid7739626\charrsid16148226  knowing}{\insrsid9836923\charrsid16148226  that }{\insrsid7739626\charrsid16148226 they }{\insrsid9836923\charrsid16148226 do not belong to it}{\insrsid1471421\charrsid16148226 , and having known the owner,}{
\insrsid9836923\charrsid16148226  must account to the }{\insrsid14424007\charrsid16148226 owner, and the defendant having returned }{\insrsid7739626\charrsid16148226 almost half of those}{\insrsid14424007\charrsid16148226  prints}{
\insrsid7739626\charrsid16148226  }{\insrsid14424007\charrsid16148226 that were left in its possession, to the plaintiff, it is now estopped from pleading otherwise.}{\insrsid9056846\charrsid16148226  }{\insrsid7739626\charrsid16148226 As such the s
aid defense will not help the defendant }{\insrsid14709489\charrsid16148226 in my reasoning.}{\insrsid14837646\charrsid16148226  }{\insrsid14709489\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\insrsid16606224\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\b\insrsid15730481\charrsid15681350 50.}{\insrsid3490476\charrsid16148226  Counsels from both sides }{\insrsid79096\charrsid16148226 have}{\insrsid3490476\charrsid16148226  done yeoman service}{\insrsid5988678\charrsid16148226 ,}{
\insrsid3490476\charrsid16148226  in unraveling this my}{\insrsid5988678\charrsid16148226 stery}{\insrsid3490476\charrsid16148226  behind the screen of the cinema. }{\insrsid14709489\charrsid16148226 The defendant does not have the prints to }{
\insrsid7089792\charrsid16148226 return;}{\insrsid14709489\charrsid16148226  as such it is a judgmen}{\insrsid3490476\charrsid16148226 t for money}{\insrsid14709489\charrsid16148226 
 that this court shall enter. Plaintiff has not pleaded any particular rate of }{\insrsid3490476\charrsid16148226 interest;}{\insrsid14709489\charrsid16148226  as such I hold that the plaintiff shall be entitled to 6% per annum}{
\insrsid1471421\charrsid16148226  or legal interest which ever is less,}{\insrsid14709489\charrsid16148226  on the sum decreed from the 7th December 2004 till payment in full.
\par }{\insrsid16606224\charrsid16148226 
\par }{\b\insrsid15730481\charrsid15681350 51}{\b\insrsid12256705\charrsid15681350 . As}{\b\insrsid14709489\charrsid15681350  such I enter jud}{\b\insrsid3691486\charrsid15681350 gment in favor of the plaintiff}{\b\insrsid8000133\charrsid15681350 
 against the defendant }{\b\insrsid14709489\charrsid15681350 in the sum of Fijian $12500/- together with interest thereon at 6% per annum}{\b\insrsid1471421\charrsid15681350  or legal in}{\b\insrsid10633468\charrsid15681350 terest}{
\b\insrsid6030389\charrsid15681350 ,}{\b\insrsid10633468\charrsid15681350  which ever is less}{\b\insrsid1471421\charrsid15681350 ,}{\b\insrsid14709489\charrsid15681350  from 7th December 2004 till payment in full.
\par }{\b\insrsid15730481\charrsid15681350 
\par 52}{\b\insrsid15681350\charrsid15681350 . Plaintiff}{\b\insrsid14709489\charrsid15681350  is awarded }{\b\insrsid10633468\charrsid15681350 costs in}{\b\insrsid3617528\charrsid15681350  }{\b\insrsid1471421\charrsid15681350 F}{
\b\insrsid3617528\charrsid15681350 $5000.}{\b\insrsid14709489\charrsid15681350  
\par }{\insrsid5339346\charrsid16148226 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15681350 {\b\insrsid3435500\charrsid15681350 Y I FERNANDO
\par JUDGE
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid16148226 {\insrsid3435500\charrsid16148226 
\par At Lautoka
\par }{\insrsid10633468\charrsid16148226 2nd July}{\insrsid3435500\charrsid16148226  2010.
\par }}