Read the full judgment text of HCA 002306/1986 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 12 October 1990.
1. On the 28th December 1983 the plaintiff was a passenger in a private car owned by the 2nd defendant and driven by the 1st defendant. As the result of a traffic accident he sustained serious injuries. At the hearing on liability for the accident I found that the private car was being driven in the outer lane of Ting Kok Road and that a taxi driven by the 3rd defendant was at the time travelling in the inner lane ahead of the private car. In my judgment at page 5 I had this to say:-