Read the full judgment text of HCAJ 000344/1984 on BabelCite. This HCAJ judgment was delivered on 30 January 1992.
1. This action arises out of a collision which occurred on 5th October 1982 between a fishing vessel belonging to the deceased and a police launch owned by the Hong Kong Government. The defendants filed an amended defence and counterclaim. In the event, the counterclaim was abandoned as was the defence apart from paragraph 1A which reads: