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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1459128\charrsid1459128 s/o Ram Prasad Maharaj}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1459128\charrsid13447752 
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7673879 Mr. S. Prasad,}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2691518  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14506564 Counsel for }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1459128\charrsid1459128 the Defendant}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1459128 
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The plaintiff Jagat Ram and the defendant Chattar Singh are half brothers, born of the same mother but having different fathers. It appears that there }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1459128 were two farms in the name of C}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 hattar Singh.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1459128  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 No e}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16721452 vidence was led as to how he got}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584  them, and the two brothers appear to have been farming together. In 1968 they agreed}{
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 which is situated at Varoko, Ba in return for his paying \u8356\'a31,300 or $2,600, a}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 nd the t}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7216713 wo brothers went to a solicitor }{
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called Regan in Nausori and there entered into an agreement for sale. That agreement recites that the parties had been living together as a joint family and had agreed to vest their joint assets. I conclude from that although t}{
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ubject that the arrangement as to division of their joint assets meant that plaintiff took Farm 326 and paid $2,600 by equalisation of division, for there is a clause in the agreement that Far
m 504 was to be the sole property of the defendant. It is also recited that the agreement is subject to the consent of}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7216713  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 
South Pacific Sugar Mills Limited who it is agreed were t}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7216713 he lessors of the farm. The sum of $}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 
2,600 was to be paid by four payments of $600 by sugar cane proceeds in 1968, $600 by sugar cane proceeds in 1969, $600 by sugar cane proceeds in 1970 and $800 together with interest}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7216713  at 10%}{
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or so much thereof as is owing from the execution of this agreement by cane proceeds in 1971.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1977406 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584  It i
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15926577 ance to the plaintiff. It is per}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 haps desirable that the three}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15926577  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 final clauses of the agreement should be set out in full, the plaintiff}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15926577  being the transferee and the defendant the transfer}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9195392 or}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584 
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13. If the transferee shall make default in payment of any moneys when due or in the pe
rformance or observance of any other stipulation or agreement on the part of the transferee herein contained and if such default shall continue of the space of 90 (Ninety) days that and in any such case the transferor without prejudice to the other remedi
es of the transferor may rescind this memorandum of agreement and resume possession of the said land or any part thereof any sum hereunder paid to remain forfeited to the transferor.
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1977406 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15926577 s whatsoever that one may have as against the other.
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pon payment by the transferee in accordance with the terms of this agreement of all moneys due from the transferee hereunder the transferor and all other necessary parties 
(if any) will execute a proper transfer of the assurance of the said land to the transferee or the approved nominee of the transferee }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1977406 free }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9534791 from}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13771621  encumbrances, such transfer or assurance and easement to be prepared by and at the expense of the transferee including the transferor}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1977406 '}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13771621 s Solicitor}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1977406 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13771621 s perusal fee and to be tendered to the transferor for execution.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1977406 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13771621 
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Matters seem to have drifted along without very much incident until 1972. The defendant had gone to live in Rakiraki to work Farm 504, but on 18th May 1972}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9195392  he caused a solicitor i}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13771621 
n Ba, Mr. G.P. Shankar to write to his brother directing his attention to the default clause under the agreement and stating that the plaintiff had made default and that the default had continued for 90 days and the agreement was rescinded and all }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8653695 moneys paid forfeited. It was not stated what default had been made. The plaintiff replied on 9th Augu}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9195392 st through his own solicitor all}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8653695 eging that the}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8653695\charrsid4533584  defendant had }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8653695 
been asked to advise the balance owing but had not d}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8653695\charrsid4533584 one so, and conse}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8653695 quently
 the forfeiture notice was invalid. On 7th October defendant}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8653695\charrsid4533584  got a Suva solicitor to }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9534791\charrsid4533584 write}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8653695\charrsid4533584  to his brother in much the same terms, as Mr.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8653695  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8653695\charrsid4533584 Shankar ha}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8653695 d written but rather more vaguely, but on 29th September 1972 plaintiff had issued h}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8653695\charrsid4533584 is writ. Perhaps before I go }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8653695 further I should mention that plaintiff had}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8653695\charrsid4533584  written to his brother on 12th June sta}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8653695 ting that the purchase moneys had been fully pai}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8653695\charrsid4533584 d and asking for an}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8653695 
 account. Plaintiff says that w}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8653695\charrsid4533584 hen that let}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8653695 ter was written he had not received the letter of 18}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8653695\charrsid4533584 th May 1972}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10235662 , and since defendant made no attemp}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8653695\charrsid4533584 
t to gainsay that story, although he had ample time to do so, I accept}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10235662  the p}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8653695\charrsid4533584 laintiff}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1977406 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8653695\charrsid4533584 s evidence o}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10235662 n}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8653695\charrsid4533584  the point.
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2653959 The writ of summ}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2653959\charrsid4533584 ons, after referring to the agreement, alleged that the plaintif}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2653959 f had been cultivating the farm No.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2653959\charrsid4533584 
 326 since January 1968 and the defendant collecting the cane moneys. Then it says that the plaintiff is willi}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2653959 ng }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2653959\charrsid4533584 
to pay defendant anything that i}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2653959 s still due and alleges that de}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2653959\charrsid4533584 mand has been made for proper accounts of moneys received, but tha}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12720175 t defendant has failed}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15549031  to comply. So he asks for proper accounts, for an order for speci}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2653959\charrsid4533584 fic performance}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15549031 , for an injunction, for damages}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2653959\charrsid4533584 , for o}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15549031 ther relief and for costs. The defence which is dated 17th Se}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2653959\charrsid4533584 ptember 1975}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15549031 
 three years }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2653959\charrsid4533584 after the}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15549031  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2653959\charrsid4533584 writ}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15549031  was issued says that proper accounts have been }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2653959\charrsid4533584 f}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15549031 
urnished, but does not say whe}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2653959\charrsid4533584 n or what they were, and also avers that because plaintiff failed t}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15549031 o pay the purchase}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2653959\charrsid4533584  price d}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15549031 efendant rescinded the agreemen}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2653959\charrsid4533584 t, b}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1526595 ut again does not condescend to }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2653959\charrsid4533584 particul}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1526595 ars. Then he says alternatively}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2653959\charrsid4533584  th}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1526595 at no conse}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2653959\charrsid4533584 n}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1526595 t has been obtained from South Pacific Sugar Mills Limite}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2653959\charrsid4533584 d and the agreement }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1526595 
is unenforceable. }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2653959\charrsid15812089 Plaintif}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1526595\charrsid15812089 f filed a re}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2653959\charrsid15812089 ply 
}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6181183\charrsid15812089 da}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2653959\charrsid15812089 t}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6181183\charrsid15812089 ed}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2653959\charrsid15812089  5t}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6181183\charrsid15812089 h}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2653959\charrsid15812089  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8937044\charrsid15812089 M}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2653959\charrsid15812089 ay 1976 and d}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8937044\charrsid15812089 enies}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2653959\charrsid15812089  that an account was given and states that re}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8937044\charrsid15812089 quests}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2653959\charrsid15812089  for an account were}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8937044\charrsid15812089  made}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2653959\charrsid15812089 
, but gives no particulars as to }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8937044\charrsid15812089 when the requests}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2653959\charrsid15812089  were made. When the action came to be s}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8937044\charrsid15812089 et}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2653959\charrsid15812089  down the Court ordered an account,}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8937044\charrsid15812089  and}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2653959\charrsid15812089  the defendant t}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8937044\charrsid15812089 hen}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15812089  furnished an account computing}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2653959\charrsid15812089  interest from th}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8937044\charrsid15812089 e}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15812089  date}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8937044\charrsid15812089  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2653959\charrsid15812089 of the agreement and calculated }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8937044\charrsid15812089 with}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15812089  re}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2653959\charrsid15812089 sts on the }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15812089 occasion of each cane}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2653959\charrsid15812089  payment.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2653959\charrsid4533584 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4533584 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12284433 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 That account was calculated only up to 31st December 1971, but }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15812089 the defendant}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1977406 
'}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15812089 s solicitor has g}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 
iven an undertaking to the Court to furnish an account from 1st January 1972 to date. The account which was furnished and fil}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15812089 ed in Court on 8th December 197}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 7}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15812089 , she}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 ws that at}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15812089  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 31st December 1971}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15812089  a sum of $483}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 .54 was still owing by plaintiff, but }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15812089 Dr. Sahu Khan challenges the method of computing }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 interest.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12284433 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15812089 When the action came to tria1, the plaintiff produced}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584  copies of records from the}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15812089  Fiji Sugar Corporation Limited, and of cane payments}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584  which we}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15812089 
re not objected to. I am afraid}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584  they are mostly illegible}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15812089  and}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12284433  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 convey nothing to me, and I refuse to wade through figures that should have been agreed by both parties and submitted}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4282430  to the Court i
n a proper and le}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 gible form. The }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4282430 plaintiff deposed that after h}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 e was asked to pay by the letter}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4282430  of 18th May 1972 he went to Shankar}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1977406 '}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4282430 s office and }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 asked for an account and }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4282430 
he took with him a man who was prepared to len}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 d him money }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4282430 to pay off the defendant, if it could be found how mu}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 ch was owing, and}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12284433  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4282430 the proposed lender came to corroborate that sta}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 tement. That evidence was indeed not refuted.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12284433 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4282430 On the second day defenda}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 nt gave evidence but in the mi}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4282430 
ddle of his cross-examination he collapse}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 d }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4282430 and the ca}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 s}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4282430 e was}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584  not resumed for almost a month.
\par 
\par There w}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12284433 a}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 s really no question of fact between the parties. Wh}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12284433 a}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 t }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12284433 has}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 
 to be decided is the meaning of the disputed parts of the agreement they made. I think that the f}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4282430 irst point to be decided is what the payment clause means. I have earlier given its terms broa}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8093496 dly. It rea}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 ds:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12284433\charrsid4533584 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3176016 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1977406 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 2. The s}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12284433 aid $2,600}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10517541 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12284433  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10517541 (I}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584  h}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12284433 ave}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584  converted pounds into dollars) }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10517541 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 to be paid by the tr}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12284433 ansferee as follows:}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10517541 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10517541\charrsid4533584 
\par }\pard \ql \li1440\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid3176016 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 $600 (six hundred }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12284433 dollars}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 ) by sugar cane pro}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8093496 ceeds in 1968}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12284433 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10517541 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10517541 
\par }\pard \ql \li1440\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid3176016 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 $600 (six hundred dollars}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12284433 )}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584  by s}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12284433 ugar cane }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10517541 proceeds in 1969}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12284433 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10517541 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10517541 
\par }\pard \ql \li1440\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid3176016 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 $600 (six hundred dollars}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12284433 )}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10517541  by sugar cane proceeds in 1970}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12284433 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10517541 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10517541 
\par }\pard \ql \li1440\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid3176016 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12284433 $800 (eight hundred dollars)}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3176016  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 together with interest by}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3176016  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 sugar c}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3176016 ane}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8093496  proceeds in 1971.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1977406 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 

\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4533584 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3176016 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8093496\charrsid12140800 Dr. Sahu Khan submitted that what appears to be a}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12140800  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12780712 ca}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12780712\charrsid12140800 lendar}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid12140800  year really }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8093496\charrsid12140800 meant the cane}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid12140800  crushing season, and that the expression }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1977406 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8093496\charrsid12140800 year}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1977406 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8093496\charrsid12140800  was intended to comprehend}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12140800  all cane payments from 1968 ca}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8650982 ne and so on. Mr. Prasad on the other hand contends for the calendar year 1968 and so on. I think there}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12780712  sh}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid12140800 ould be a great deal of force in Dr. Sahu Khan}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1977406 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8650982 
s submission were it not for clause 6 of the agreement which reads:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8650982\charrsid4533584 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid8650982 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1977406 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8650982 
6. If the transferee do not comply with the requirements of the notice given under clause 5 hereof then th}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10517541 e transferor his servants or}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8650982 
 agents to have full authority to enter in the premises and effect repairs. The cost of such repairs to be added to the sum of $2,600 and which sum to paid by the transferor on or before the 31st December, 1971.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1977406 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8650982 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4533584 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8650982 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11219453 It seems to me that the }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8650982 above clause clearly shews the intention of the parties that}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16537485  the su
m secured by the agreement was intended by the parties to be fully paid by 31st December 1971 and not when the final cane proceeds for 1971 were received which would be towards the end of 1972.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8650982 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16537485 
\par The second point is the calculation of interest. Both the plaintiff and the defendant have produced accounts. In my view neither is correct because neither gives the plaintiff credit for amounts which were deducted from the plaintiff}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1977406 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16537485 s cane}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11219453  moneys by the miller before}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16537485 
 money}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11219453 s}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16537485  were paid to the defendant. I think that the}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584  tax is pro}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16537485 perly payable by the defendant}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 , for t}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16537485 he cane is in his name}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584  and receivable by him, although }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16537485 grown by the plaintiff. Further}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 more the pla}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16537485 intiff did not receive the cane}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 
 moneys, although he is entitled to the benefit of them. So f}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16537485 ar as I can ascertain the total}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584  tax deductions were $243.45 a}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16537485 nd the deductions were between 196}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 8}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16537485  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 and 1978.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11219453  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16537485 Rent is rather diffe}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 rent. Dr. Sahu Khan submitted that defendant had agreed to pay}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16537485  the rent. But that is a half-truth. What defendant}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12780712  said }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 was that he had paid the rent }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5131152 
on Farm 326 and he submitted receipts. But what he meant is that he had paid rent ever since the}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584  millers had ceased to deduct it. The millers deducted rent for 1968, 1}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5131152 969, 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1973 at $50 a year }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6650869 totalling}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid487417  $}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 2}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5131152 62.50. The agreement is silent about rent and since this was a sale and purchase agreement}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid487417 , the}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5131152  rent would normally be paid}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584  by the purchaser. In my view the plain}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5131152 tiff is entitled to no allowance for re}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 nt deducted, although if he fails in this a}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5131152 ction and recovers his money he}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584  will be entitled to be credited the amount}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5131152 
s deducted by the millers for re}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 nt on the defendant}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1977406 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 s land. }
{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5131152\charrsid4533584 It}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584  does not compound interest, but it does charge interest f}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5131152 
irst from every receipt of cane}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584  moneys. Th}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5131152 e payment clause which I have set out directs tha}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 t interest}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5131152  shall}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584  be added to the last paymen}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5131152 t. There is, of course, a furthe}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 r matter to be considered i}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5131152 
n the account namely the insurance}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584  premium}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5131152 . These have been paid by the defe}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 ndant, but according to the agreement they}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5131152  are payable by the plaintiff, }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 and although breach of the agreement in respect of non payment by the plaintiff of these insurance premiums has not been mentioned, when a proper account}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5131152  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 is had between the parties these insurance premiums must be debited to the plaintiff.
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5131152 
\par DR. Sahu Khan takes further point. He argues that even though money may be owing by the plaintiff the defendant cannot rescind the agreement }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12013544 
without furnishing an account. I accept the fact that the defendant was asked to furnish an account before he purported to rescin
d the agreement, and that he failed to do so. I do not think that it was reasonable to expect the plaintiff to be able to make an account. The defendant was collecting the cane moneys, and although the plaintiff may have seen the cane accounts, they were 
the defendant}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1977406 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12013544 s cane accounts and in the defendant}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1977406 '}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12013544 s name. This is not the case of }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14429628 a }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12013544 fixed sum mortgage wherein th}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14429628 e mortgagor}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12013544  can calculate the amount owing as easily as the mortgagee. However the cases cited by Dr. Sahu Khan do not in }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9663013 my view get him}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12013544  very far. I think that the position is that}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2623911 ,}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14429628  these two parties being vendor}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2623911 
 and purchaser, the defendant vendor is as between himself and the plaintiff purchaser, constructively a trustee for the purchaser, since this is a contract of which specific perfo
rmance might be ordered, and as a trustee he has to account. The Court has always required trustees to account. See }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2623911\charrsid14183341 Springett v Dashwood}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2623911  (1860) 66 E.R. 218. It is true that the vendor has a paramount right to protect his interest as vendor, but in my view 
when he is asked for an account, he cannot rescind without giving an account, particularly when as in the present case he was }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14183341 seized}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2623911 
, through his solicitor Mr. G.P. Shankar, of the knowledge that the purchaser was prepared to borrow money to complete the purchase.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5131152 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2623911 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid9663013 Dr. Sahu Khan}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1977406 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid9663013 
s final point is about consent. It is common ground that n}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2623911\charrsid9663013 o c}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9663013 onsent was obtained although an}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid9663013  agreement provides that }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2623911\charrsid9663013 the agreement is subject to the}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid9663013  co}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2623911\charrsid9663013 nsent of South Pacific Sugar M}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10759392\charrsid9663013 
ills Limited who}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14183341 ,}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid9663013  it is agreed on both sides were the lessors of the}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9663013 
 land of which Farm 326 comprises part. For myself I am not certain that the Colonial Sugar Refining Company Limited were not the owner}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14183341 s of this land, but I am content}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9663013  to accept the position agreed upon by the p}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14183341 arties. Mr. Surendra Prasad contended}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9663013 
 that the obligation to obtain consent lay upon the plaintiff but}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14183341  he cited no authority and he s}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9663013 eemed to me }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14183341 to }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9663013 assume that the agreement itself placed this obligation upon the plaintiff. That is not so. The agreement merely states that the agreeme
nt is subject to the consent of South Pacific Sugar Mills Limited, and there is nothing that I can find, nor did Mr. Prasad point me to anything which gives any indication of where the responsibility for obtaining consent lay. Of course the real responsib
ility rested upon the solicitor who prepared the agreement who was acting for both parties, and was, I fancy, related to them. It might reasonably have been expected that having taken their money, he might have properly completed the work. He did not.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10759392 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9663013 
\par I think that the way to look at this matter is to bear in mind that here was a farm in the defe}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802663 n}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9663013 dant}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1977406 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9663013 s name. He wanted to transfer it to the plaintiff. }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802663 
The lessors were certainly not likely to agree to transfer it unless the defendant applied, and in this 
state of affairs it seems to me that the obligation to obtain the consent rested on the defendant. Moreover it is the defendant who now seeks to take advantage of the fact that no consent has been obtained. It is to be borne in mind that in this case the 
failure to obtain consent does not result in illegality, although it may perhaps be said that the contract is unlawful as distinct from being illegal. Several cases were }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2521685 referred}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802663  to by Dr. Sahu Khan. That most nearly in point is }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802663\charrsid11276463 Lloyd v Crispe}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802663 
 (1813) 128 E.R. 685 to which the headnote reads: }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1977406 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802663 If the vendor of a lease in which there is }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11276463 a }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802663 covenant not to assign, contract to assign his interest, it is incumbent on him, and not the purchaser, to procure the lessor}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1977406 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802663 s licence for the assignment: per Mansfield C.J.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1977406 "}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802663  I followed that in }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802663\charrsid11276463 Gulzara Singh v Balram Singh}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802663 
 No. 89 of 1968 and Lautoka Action 5 of 1975 in a judgment delivered on 30th April 1}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11276463 976. This was originally a Suva}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802663 
 action. Once it is clear that the obligation rested upon the }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11941798 defendant}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802663  to obtain the consent of South Pacific}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10174276  Mills}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid802663  Sugar Limited, }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10174276 
if he refuse or omit to apply for consent he cannot be heard to say that the contract is void and he is absolved from performance. He would be taking advantage of a state of affairs which he has himself produced. The
 law does not allow that. So much appears from }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10174276\charrsid11941798 New Zealand Shipping Company v Societe des Citeliers et Chantiers de France}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10174276 
 (1919) A.C.1 }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10174276\charrsid11941798 Braner v James Clark}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11941798 (}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10174276 
Brush Materials) (1952) 2.A.E.R.497 and just lately in the Fiji Court of Appeal }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10174276\charrsid11624878 Macgregor Investments v Sheraton Hotels}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10174276 
 (1977) Civil Appeal 62 of 1976.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9663013 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2521685 
\par In the result then, it seems probable that some amount will be found to be owing}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15223102 
 by the plaintiff to the defendant as at 31st December 1971, but the amount will not be known until the defendant furnishe
s an account. Cane moneys will be credited against purchase price and against balances of purchase price and interest will be calculated separately upon balances from time to time due, but no interest will be chargeable until 31st December 1971. To that e
x
tend I think that the account prepared by Dr. Sahu Khan indicates the proper method of calculation. The plaintiff will be given credit for tax deducted by the millers from his cane pays, but he will be debited with rent. Rent has already been debited agai
nst him and deducted by the millers up to the time they gave }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13972694 up }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15223102 
business in Fiji, but plaintiff must also pay rent which has already been paid by the defendant, and that will appear as a debit in the account. Plaintiff will also }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13972694 be }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15223102 
debited with insurance premiums payable by him under the agreement and paid by the defendant on his behalf. I have considered whether the plaintiff should also pay interest on insurance premium and rents, but the defendant has collected, if one may rely u
pon the Fiji Sugar Corporation figures, something over}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13249804  $6,000}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid351354  from the plaintiff}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1977406 '}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid351354 s cane, and he has had the use of this money for some five years, so that in fact all payments which he has made for rent and insurance premiums have been made out of the plaintiff}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1977406 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13972694 s money. The account should}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid351354 
 be made up to the date of the trial, and will doubtless have to be continued after that, to take account of cane moneys received by the defendant in 1978. The defendant has not furnished any figures for cane moneys received
 by him after December 1971, but the cane accounts furnished by the Fiji Sugar Corporation indicate that moneys to the extend of over $3,000 have been paid to the defendant since the end of 1971, and it seems probable that the account has made up to the d
ate}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13972694  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid351354 of trial and thereafter will shew a balance in favour of the plaintiff.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2521685 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid351354 
\par The next question to be considered is whether the plaintiff is entitled to an order for specific performance. Counsel for the defendant concedes that specific performance is a matter for the exercise of the Court}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1977406 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid351354 s discretion, but he urges that a decree should not be made in this case on the ground of hardship.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16341502  I am not quite sure what counsel meant by hardship here, for he led no evidence on that scope, and the only hardship which 
emerges from the evidence is that the defendant has transferred his farm at Rakiraki to his two sons, and }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15027106 
presumably wants to farm this particular land himself. I would observe that he would scarcely find this possible since he has lost a leg, and any atte
mpt at farm work would, I should think, be grievously hampered. Moreover he told the Court nothing of the circumstances which prompted the transfer of the Rakiraki farm to his sons, or the date when that occurred, and I cannot see that he has established 
s
uch hardship and should disentitle the plaintiff to specific performance. I would add that if indeed the defendant is suffering hardship, it is hardship which has been brought upon him by his own act and which therefore equity will not relieve. In any eve
nt, hardship is usually judge}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13972694 d}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15027106 
 as of the time of entry into the contract and there was nothing of that kind in March 1968. I think that in considering whether the plaintiff is entitle}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9527338 d}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15027106  to an order for specific performance I must look at the whole course of proceedings.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2170481 
 When the contract was made both parties got what they wanted from it, namely the defendant got Farm 504 and the promise of }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9527338 the }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2170481 
money, and the plaintiff }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9527338 got Farm 326. The price became due at the end of 1971. The plaintiff }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2170481 made endeavours to fin
d out how much was owing by asking for an account, }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9527338 and he got someone who was prepared to advance the money to }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11273889 
pay off the defendant. Instead of giving plaintiff an account,}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9527338  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11273889 defendant made ready to rescind the contract. As soon as he was given notice of th
at attempt at rescission plaintiff sued. He asked for an account by his writ. Still no attempt was made to give him an account. Although the defendant entered an appearance in October 1972, he did not file a defence until September 1975. In the mean time 
the plaintiff had set the action down in September 1973, but for some reason unexplained it did not actually come to trial. The defence which was filed in September 1975 admitted that the defendant was collecting the cane moneys from the farm, alleged }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1456901 - and I hold falsely -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11273889 
 that proper accounts had been furnished, and claimed that the agreement had been rescinded, and it also relied on the fact that the consent of South Pacific Sug}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1456901 ar Mills had not been obtained -}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11273889  a matter which I have held to be one to which the defendant himself should have }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1456901 attended. But nothing was said }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11273889 at any stage of the defendant}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1977406 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11273889 s pleadings that he was prepared to m}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1456901 ake}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11273889  the plaintiff any allowanc}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1456901 e for his work on the farm over}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11273889  seven years, and the defendant}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1977406 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11273889 
s case has been conducted on the basis that there was a rescission}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4064031 
, which meant that he relied on his agreement under which all moneys paid were to be forfeited to the defendant. It was only at the end of his case, in what appeared to be }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1456901 a last minute bid 
to stave off }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4064031 the likelihood of an order for specific performance, that defendant offered to refund to the plaintiff all moneys received by the defendant.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid351354 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4064031 
\par There are, however, two matters w}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1841421 h}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4064031 ich should be looked at before an order for specific performance is made. The fir}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1841421 st is the subject of delay. As I}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4064031 
 have said plaintiff issued his writ quickly enough, but no attempt was made to explain the delay which then ensure, or why plaintiff did not capitalise on the fact that his brother had filed no defence, or why he did not get an order for an accoun}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1841421 t. The defendant did not cross}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3562132 -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4064031 
examine upon this aspect of the case, and perhaps I should not penalise the plaintiff for what may}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1841421  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4064031 
be the fault of the solicitors. I considered this aspect of delay in }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4064031\charrsid3562132 Gulab Ben v Amratlal Jamnadas}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4064031 
 Action 297 of 1969 and ventured to mention there the case of }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4064031\charrsid3562132 Moore v Blak}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4064031 
e (1816) 3 E.R. 1148 in which specific performance was decreed in 1816 in an action begun in 1801. I think that this }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1841421 is }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4064031 
a case where the plaintiff has been in }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15473181 substantial possession of the benefits under the contract and is claiming the c}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1841421 
ompletion of the legal estate. S}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15473181 ee }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15473181\charrsid3562132 Mills v Haywood}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15473181  (1877) 6 Ch D 196: 
}{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15473181\charrsid3562132 Williams v Greatrex}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15473181  (1956) 3 A.E.R. 705. A more serious matter would appear to be plaintiff}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1977406 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15473181 s omissions to comply with h
is agreement to complete in December 1971. However, in view of my decision that defendant must account before plaintiff can settle, and the fact that defendant did nothing after the action was begun until almost three years had elapsed while continuing to
 reap the fruits of plaintiff}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1977406 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15473181 
s labours by allowing him to work the farm while he, defendant, collected the cane moneys I absolve plaintiff from blame in this respect. I have not so far noticed Mr. Prasad}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1977406 '}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1841421 s submission}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15473181  that in this agreement time was of the essence. I do not think it was. Fry o}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1841421 
n Specific Performance 6th ed. a}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15473181 t page 503 has this comment }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1977406 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1841421 I}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15473181 n order to render time essential, it must be clearly and expressly stipulated, and must also have been r}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3738966 
eally contemplated and intended by the parties that it shall be so: it is not enough that a time is merely mentioned during which or before which something shall be done. The learned author says later at page 504 }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1977406 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3738966 Lapse of time in payment of the purchase money may generally be recompensed by interest and costs.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1977406 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3738966  Here there was no stipulation that time was to be of the essence. Short payment in 1968, 1969, and 1}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6650869 970 had been permitted to pass}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3738966  without comment. If the d
efendant had called upon the plaintiff to settle and he had not done so, he could have made time of the essence by a notice to that effect, but nothing of that sort happened. I reject Mr. Prasad}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1977406 '}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3738966 s submission.
\par 
\par In my view this is a proper for an order for
 specific performance. Evidence has been given that South Pacific Sugar Mills Limited would probably have given consent to a transfer in terms of the agreement, and I have no doubt that when it is represented to the Director of Lands that the purchase pri
ce has been fully paid, the necessary consent will be forthcoming. If that has not happen the plaintiff will be entitled to damages. I have been told that this farm is now worth $15}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3562132 -}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9924367 16, 000. }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14644075 If I take the lower figure the plaintiff will be entitled, and here I am trying to follow Megarry J. in }{
\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14644075\charrsid3562132 Wroth v Tyler}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14644075  (1973}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6650869 ) 1 A.E.R. 897, 923-4, to the dif}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14644075 ference between $2,600 and $15,000, which will be $12,400, in addition to which of course he will receive a refund of all cane moneys received by the defendant under the agreement.}{
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\par 
\par To summarise, then, there will be order for an account made up as I have indicated earlier and for payment to the plaintiff of all moneys found to be due to him on the taking of such account. There will also be an order for specific perform
ance of the agreement dated the fourteenth day of March 1968 subject to the consent of the Director of Lands, for the defendant to transfer the Farm No. 326 to the plaintiff. Alternatively the defendant will pay $12,400 by way of damages and will also pay
 to the plaintiff all moneys received by the defendant under the agreement, and if there is any dispute as to the account or the amount of moneys to be repaid to the plaintiff recourse will again have to be had }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5768031 to the Court. The plaintiff will be entitled to the costs of the action to be agreed or taxed.
\par 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5768031 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6650869 (S}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5768031\charrsid5768031 gd.) K.A. Stuart
\par JUDGE
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6650869 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5768031\charrsid5768031 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4533584 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5768031 LAUTOKA,
\par 21st July, 1978}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4533584\charrsid4533584 
\par }}