Read the full judgment text of CACV 000003/1998 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 23 July 1998.
1. Mr Wu was the sales agent of silk flowers in the European market. He left Hong Kong for Belgium in 1970, working for a spell in restaurants. He was able to set himself up as a sales agent for silk flowers, otherwise known as funeral flowers, the orders for which had to be at low cost and in high volume. His first Hong Kong manufacturer was Win Wah. Apparently, he was not at all pleased with Win Wah and he turned to Good Years, the defendants. He was to receive 15% from his Hong Kong suppliers