Read the full judgment text of HCA 9852/1998 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 1 February 2002.
1. This action concerns a customary Chinese unincorporated association, "wui" ("會"), loosely translated as a society or association in the English language, known as Man Sham Chung Wui (文深涌會) (the "Wui"), in which name four plots of land in the New Territories are held from the Government and registered. The Plaintiff (by original action) and 1st Defendant (by counterclaim) (referred to in this judgment as the "Plaintiff") is and was since 1949 the registered manager of the Wui. The Defendant (b