Read the full judgment text of HCA 020536/1998 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 17 September 1999.
1. Prior to 1995, the plaintiff had engaged the services of the defendant's predecessor company, VTEC, to assemble computer add-on cards. Under those arrangements, the plaintiff provided the necessary materials and VTEC provided additional parts and labour. The assembly work was performed by a joint venture factory owned by VTEC and a PRC partner in China (hereinafter called the "Chinese factory"). The defendant was incorporated in 1997 and replaced VTEC in its business with the plaintiff under