Read the full judgment text of CACV 000064/1980 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 30 June 1980.
1. This is an appeal against an order that the defendant CHAN Yam Yick do give bail in the sum of $500,000 in default of which he would be committed to prison until a judgment decision in a civil action. The appellant CHAN Yam Yick is the 2nd defendant in a civil action against a total of five defendants. The plaintiff in that action alleged that they purchased some goods from the 2nd defendant (the appellant), opened letters of credit in the appellant's favour and that goods were purported to h