Read the full judgment text of HCAJ 000341/1997 on BabelCite. This HCAJ judgment was delivered on 1 November 1997.
1. At 12:45 p.m. on Saturday 1st November, an application was made to me as the duty judge. It was an application for leave to issue a warrant for the arrest of a ship which was due to arrive in Hong Kong shortly. I refused the application. Since the reason for doing so involved an important point of practice, I have decided to reduce my reasons for doing so into writing.