Read the full judgment text of HCPI 000783/2001 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 29 November 2002.
1. On 21 September 1998, a little over four years ago, Madam Chong Lai Wa, a 43 year old mother of four children, was standing on the pavement on the north side of Queen's Road East near its junction with Gresson Street. She was waiting to cross Queen's Road East by using the marked pedestrian crossing. The time was approximately 11:40 a.m. It was therefore broad daylight. Suddenly a maxicab - by that I presume is meant a public light bus - green in colour veered from the highway, mounted the pa