Read the full judgment text of HCA 2142/2002 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 21 June 2002.
1. This case has perhaps a slightly unusual chronology. On 1 June, which was a Saturday, the plaintiffs went before Ma J, the duty judge, and obtained an injunction ex parte restraining the 2nd defendant from drawing down on a letter of credit drawn on the 1st defendant, the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation. That matter was then adjourned and came before Sakhrani J, who was I think the duty judge, on 7 June, and he has made an order which appears at pages 59 and 60 of the bundle before me