Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000222/1985 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 22 March 1985.
1. The appellant worked in Kowloon. He lived with his wife at Taipo. On the morning of Sunday, 9th December, 1984 he had finished nightshift at about 8 a.m. and hurried to the Kowloon-Canton Railway terminus in Hunghom, Kowloon, to board the train to Taipo. His wife was ill and he was anxious to return home without delay. That morning the Terminus was particularly busy and additional temporary iron railings had been placed across some of the entrances to assist in preserving queues and maintaini