Read the full judgment text of HCA 001801/1980 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. In this case the plaintiff is a merchant and an experienced speculator in the gold market in Hong Kong. The defendant is a commodity broker dealing inter alia with gold. It had in its employ in the early part of this year an assistant sales manager by the name of Billy Nok. Billy Nok was looking for customers for the gold business and in December of 1979 canvassed the plaintiff who was then a stranger to them. Within the course of the next two or three weeks he no doubt gained the confidence