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Contract – Construction. The buyer and the seller entered into a transaction for the sale of a business. An element of deferred consideration was agreed between them. A dispute arose regarding the calculation of the deferred consideration amount. The Commercial Court, in a situation where there was no substantial dispute between the parties as to the principles, held, on the facts, that the buyer was entitled to a declaration regarding the investment amount and the seller on its counterclaim was entitled to a declaration regarding the on-sale of the business.
Contract – Construction. The buyer and the seller entered into a transaction for the sale of a business. An element of deferred consideration was agreed between them. A dispute arose regarding the calculation of the deferred consideration amount. The Commercial Court, in a situation where there was no substantial dispute between the parties as to the principles, held, on the facts, that the buyer was entitled to a declaration regarding the investment amount and the seller on its counterclaim was entitled to a declaration regarding the on-sale of the business.
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