Read the full judgment text of HCA 010420/1982 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 27 March 1986.
1. The deceased was a passenger in motorcar being driven by the 1st Defendant on Castle Peak Road towards Kowloon at about 4. 45 a.m. on 31st July 1981 when the car went out of control while negotiating a right hard bend and collided with a tree on the far side of the roadway. The deceased, who was 22 years of age at the time, received serious injuries in the motor accident and died shortly thereafter on the same date. The motor vehicle in question was owned by the 2nd Defendant.