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1. On 24th June 1997 the appellants (plaintiffs) filed a writ of summons against the respondents (defendants), to wit the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Department of Justice, the Commissioner of Customs and Excise and the Hong Kong Police Force. The writ was indorsed with a claim which reads, "Impropriety and unfairness in management. Claim for $30,700,000. "