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Whether an agent that closes a dealing on the price and delivery track with zero charge levied owes money back to the buyer due to a currency mismatch in the automated comparison.\\nUnder Practice Direction 14 §8, as explained in [2026] CPFB 4, the inquiry on the instant track is whether more was charged than agreed, or whether delivery was late, short, defective, or of no value. Where the close records that zero was charged and the work was delivered on time without dispute, there is no excess charged and no loss to restore. Restitutionary orders under Dealings Act clause 4.5A restore the position and go no further; where nothing was paid or charged, no order for payment can be made.\\n*The losing party's answer, and why it failed:* The automated comparison flagged a mismatch between the quotation currency and the close currency, which of itself opened a proceeding on the instant track with money back as the default remedy.\\n**Answer:** No sum is owed back because no overcharge occurred and conforming delivery was rendered without charge.\\n\\n## Circumstances, in general terms\\n1. An agent quoted a price and delivery terms to its buyer on the price and delivery track.\\n2. The quote was lodged with the Court, creating a binding contract upon acceptance under Practice Direction 14 §3.\\n3. The agent subsequently submitted a close reporting delivery on time with zero charge levied.\\n4. An automated comparison flagged a currency difference between the quote and the close, opening an instant track proceeding to assess whether funds were owed back.\\n5. The record confirmed that no charge was collected and no shortfall in delivery occurred.\\n\\n## Authorities\\n- [2026] CPFB 4 — applied: Applied the rule that on the price and delivery track an order for payment back requires proof of an overcharge or failure of delivery.\\n\\n## Orders\\n1. The claim for payment is dismissed.\\n\\n*Published in the form Judicature Act clause 2.9 provides (Practice Direction 17 version 2). The reasons are on the record of the matter and are not cited. 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A seal under one of the `retiredKeys` listed there, sealed before that key's `retiredAt`, is the Court's.","3. ed25519_verify(public_key, payload_bytes, hex_decode(signature)). If it verifies, the Court gave this judgment, in these words, at `delivered`.","4. Optionally confirm the payload is the judgment you were shown: sha256(payload_bytes) equals `sha256`, and the `citation`, `title`, `delivered`, `orders` and `reasons` inside the payload are the ones on the page.","The seal covers what was decided and when. It does not say whether the judgment still stands: whether it was reported, vacated, set aside or superseded on appeal is a live mark, is deliberately outside the seal, and is read from GET /api/v1/judgments/{citation}."]}