Read the full judgment text of HCA 007812/1991 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 13 December 1993.
1. The plaintiff is an importer and wholesaler of Nikon photographic equipments. The defendant is a freight forwarder in cargo handling and delivery. I shall call the plaintiff "Shriro" and the defendant "Sonic". Nikon in Japan sent through a subsidiary of Nishi Nippon Railroad Co. Ltd. (which I shall refer to as "NNR") a consignment of photographic equipments in 139 cartons to Shriro in Hong Kong. These 139 cartons were lost in a robbery.