Read the full judgment text of HCA 003213/1984 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. This is a fatal accident case. The deceased Yip Ka died when a mobile crane (the 25 ton crane) he was driving on the night of 30th October 1981 collided with a trailer. The plaintiff as Administrator of the deceased's estate claims both on behalf of the estate and on behalf of certain dependants. Most of the facts are not disputed and counsel have very sensibly been able to agree these and other matters to the point that the estimated hearing time of 6 days has been cut back to 3. Nonetheless