Read the full judgment text of HCMP 003173/1992 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 29 October 1994.
1. The plaintiff and the defendant were old friends and their families were close. It is alleged that in 1982 the plaintiff came to the rescue of the unemployed defendant, a good friend in distress. The plaintiff claims to have set up a partnership business at his own cost and expense to be run by the defendant as his partner. In addition, a ground floor shop in Castle Peak Road, Tuen Mun claimed to have been acquired by the plaintiff alone in mid 1981 was put in the joint names of the plaintiff