Read the full judgment text of HCA 008006/1993 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 29 June 1999.
1. This case has been described by counsel for the Defendant as a family tragedy. It is a matter of opinion whether the facts warrant that portrayal, but it is unfortunate that two families who have shared happier, albeit poorer, times together, should have to face each other in Court with mutual recriminations such as the ones that the Court has heard in this trial.