Read the full judgment text of HCCL 000006/1990 on BabelCite. This HCCL judgment was delivered on 26 February 1992.
1. The plaintiff, an importer and exporter, had caused to be shipped from China into Hong Kong a consignment of 330 cases of ladies' nightgowns for onward transhipment to Spain in or about January 1989. When the vessel arrived in Hong Kong on 25th January 1989, the defendant was engaged to handle the discharge of the said goods. The whole consignment of goods were then duly unloaded at a wharf operated by the defendant at the Western District Public Cargo Working Area pending collection by a com