Read the full judgment text of HCAJ 000013/1997 on BabelCite. This HCAJ judgment was delivered on 30 June 1998.
1. On the night of 16th January 1997, seven containers were stolen from a barge, the "Tat Yau 8", whilst she was berthed near the Wah Luen Warehouse on Tsing Yi Island. This single larcenous act in turn spawned one in personam and two in rem actions in the High Court, together with a summons dated 3rd April 1998 urgently taken out by barge owners in the two admiralty actions, which application has been the subject of spirited debate over the course of three separate hearings.