Read the full judgment text of HCA 006468/1989 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 17 December 1991.
1. The Plaintiff, an aged lady ordinarily resident in England, is claiming against the Defendants for damages in conversion, dentinue and negligence for the loss of her furniture, antiques and personal properties entrusted to the Defendants under a gratuitous bailment in March 1976. The Defendants are manufacturers and exporters of furniture and the Plaintiff was, prior to her departure from Hong Kong at the end of 1977/beginning of 1978, a customer of theirs.