CA 12 October 1989. (C), a firm of estate agents , signed a judgement on 15 February 1989 in default for a sum of £6,900 claimed as commission earned from the sale of (L)`s property. L was served with a writ which he was slow to deal with which lead to the default signing. L applied for the judgement to be set aside. The facts were not in dispute. C was retained by L to act as estate agents to sell his property. They were to be paid if they introduced a purchaser who bought the property. The house was sold to a Mr Fowlds who had applied to and been supplied with particulars by C. L however told the agents that the buyer had been found through the accountants . L contends that Mr Fowlds went to C due to a conversation with L`s accountants. The High Court held that C had done what they were contracted to do, introduced Mr Fowlds on the basis of a direct introduction and Mr Fowlds had bought the property. At appeal L claimed that in addition to introducing the purchaser it is essential