Read the full judgment text of HCA 000727/1977 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 12 July 1979.
1. The 2nd defendant, Chan Yiu-hing, lives in Yuen Long Estate, New Territories. He works as a driver of tourist buses owned by the 1st defendant, Yuen Hing-kwan. On 8th November 1975 the 2nd defendant had finished his assigments by 9.00 a.m. and was required to drive some hikers in a bus at that time from Tuen Mun Estate. However, he had received a message then that his sister was ill at home and as he wished to see whether she required hospitalization he declined the assignment so that he coul