Read the full judgment text of HCA 001414/1988 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 12 December 1990.
1. This is a dispute between an investor in the Hong Kong Stock Market and his former broker. For the broker, it is submitted that it is no part of the plaintiff's case : (1) that the defendants wrongfully failed to sell the shares at any other price than HK$13.50, or (2) that the defendants were in breach of contract/duty on any day prior to Black Monday, the 19th October 1987. It is a challenge to the ambit of the plaintiff's pleadings as to "price" and "time". It is argued that the plaintiff