Read the full judgment text of HCA 007017/2000 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 15 July 2002.
1. The plaintiff issued the writ on 13 July 2000 against the defendant for the possession of and damages for conversion in respect of 50 packets of diamonds seized by the defendant from the plaintiff under a search warrant on 13 March 1998. The plaintiff alleged that the defendant should have returned the diamonds to it within reasonable time upon demand after the Department of Justice ("DOJ") advised on 1 February 1999 that no criminal prosecution was to be instituted, and that the defendant ha