Read the full judgment text of HCA 20671/1998 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 16 October 2000.
1. This is my ruling on the preliminary point taken by Mr Patrick Fung, SC who appeared on behalf of the Defendants in this action. The Plaintiffs had issued a summons on 12 April 2000 for further directions under an order made by Deputy Judge Z E Li on 28 January 2000 ("the January Order"). In the January Order, there was provision for "general liberty to apply" and the order was made by consent. In it, the court made various declarations, having heard the evidence and read the documentary evid