COUNSEL & SOLICITOR:
Lim Kian Leong (KS Cheah with him) (Lim Kian Leong & Co) for the defendant
HIGH COURT
Tort – Negligence – Damages – Claim against solicitor – Document of title deposited to solicitor – Allegation that solicitor mishandled issue document of title – Whether document misplaced – Plaintiff entered into sales and purchase agreement of land – Sale of land aborted – Sales and purchase agreement with intending purchaser terminated – Whether solicitor negligent – Whether misplaced document caused sales of land to be aborted and sales and purchase agreement to be terminated – Whether misplaced document contributed by plaintiff