Read the full judgment text of HCA 000582/1973 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. At about 9 p.m. on 15.3.70 the defendant Mr. Haigh was driving motor vehicle AJ 9061 in the outer lane of the southbound carriageway of Chatham Road, towards Hok Yuen Street, Kowloon. The plaintiff Mr. Leung was at the time crossing Chatham Road from east to west on an uncontrolled crossing just to the north of Hok Yuen Street. There he was knocked down by Mr. Haigh's car and injured. That stretch of the road was poorly lit and the road surface was wet as it was drizzling that evening.