Read the full judgment text of HCCL 000006/1988 on BabelCite. This HCCL judgment was delivered on 20 May 1994.
1. The history of this action is set out in the judgment of the Privy Council of 9th December 1993. The Privy Council ordered that the case be remitted to me for assessment of the amount due. The hearing before me today is that assessment. The Defendant ("Eastern") is now represented by one of its directors, Tung Kie Wei, pursuant to an order made by Mr. Registrar Gould on 24th February 1994. He contends that no sum is due from Eastern to the Plaintiffs at all by way of damages at common law for