Read the full judgment text of HCA 006551/1990 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 6 August 1992.
1. Filial loyalty is a much prized virtue in many societies but none more so than Chinese society. It is therefore distressing to record that this case concerns the theft by a son of $2m of his parent's retirement nest egg. The mother who is a 2nd plaintiff, and has survived her husband, must sympathize with the words from King Lear.