BARBER vs. UNION TRADING CO., LTD

JUDGMENT OF APALOO J. In this action, the plaintiff claims against the defendant-company (which I shall hereafter call the company) damages for breach of contracts and inducing breaches of various contracts entered into between the plaintiff and various lorry drivers. The company denies that it is liable in any way to the plaintiff and for its part, counter-claims against the plaintiff for the sum of £G4,648 13s. 9d. being hire-purchase instalments due and unpaid to the company by the plaintiff. The plaintiff who is virtually illiterate and does not strike me as particularly business-like began his association with the company in or about 1942. He was then a trade canvasser for the company and was paid commission for motor vehicles sold through his agency. Whatever his shortcomings, he maintained his association with the defendant-company from that time until about 1958. The evidence shows that the company thought then that he could be relied on to do business of a more res....