Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000976/1996 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 19 February 1997.
1. The appellant was convicted on 19th June 1996 after trial of careless driving. The facts alleged by the prosecution were that on 20th May 1995 at about 2:30 pm at Tam Kon Shan Road, New Territories, the appellant was the driver of a container lorry towing an empty trailer, when he was said to have driven passed a light goods lorry driven by the 1st prosecution witness at the trial and to have collided with the off-side of that light goods lorry so as to cause damage and thereby had driven his