Read the full judgment text of HCA 016227/1999 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 6 June 2001.
1. On the hillside above Pak Sha Wan, Sai Kung, there stands a 3-storey village house with a floor area of about 700 square feet, which at the relevant time belonged to Mr and Mrs Shum, the plaintiffs in the original action, and the 1st defendant by counterclaim, whom for simplicity I will call the Vendors. The house stands on a concreted terrace and at the back of the house and terrace there is a concreted slope. There is a fence round the three open sides of the terrace and above the slope at