Read the full judgment text of HCA 001801/1993 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 1 November 1994.
1. This is an action by the plaintiff against the defendant for loss of goods which the defendant had agreed to deliver on behalf of the plaintiff from Hong Kong to China. The goods consisted of certain quantities of fabric, a Panasonic fax machine and a pair of Simpson electric scissors. The total value of the fabric was roughly about $454,000 and the two items of equipment amounted to about $11,698. These was a claim for loss of profit in the sum of about $75,000.