Read the full judgment text of HCA 001530/1979 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 26 November 1979.
1. The plaintiff in this case is a woman some seventy-six years old. In 1977, she alighted from a tram east bound along King's Road near Tong Chong Street. Coming from the same direction was the 1st defendant driving a motor bike owned by the 2nd defendant. He said that when he came to the set of traffic lights he saw it turn amber whereupon he applied his brakes. The motor bike failed to stop in the time which if the brakes had been in good condition the bike would have stopped. He collided wit