Read the full judgment text of CACV 000280/1998 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 22 April 1999.
1. The plaintiff commenced this action against the defendant on 33 documents which are labelled both in Chinese and in English as "bills of lading". The plaintiff is a bank in Zhu Hai and the defendant is a transportation company incorporated with limited liability in Hong Kong. The defendant was intensely engaged in substantial transportation business on the Mainland. Another Hong Kong company featured in this case is Win Bright (WB) which is the partnership firm of Mr and Mrs William Law. WB a