Read the full judgment text of HCA 002344/1972 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 20 September 1973.
1. These proceedings were instituted by the plaintiffs as administrators of the estate of the late CHENG Hop-tin who, it is alleged, was killed by the negligence of the defendant in the care and control of a motor lorry on the 17th July, 1971. The proceedings are brought on behalf of the estate of the deceased, pursuant to the provisions of Law Amendment and Reform (Consolidation) Ordinance (Cap. 23) (not the Fatal Accidents Ordinance as stated in the Statement of Claim) and on behalf of the fir