Read the full judgment text of CACV 000119/1985 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 7 March 1986.
1. This case raises difficult questions relating to the liability of a public officer for negligence in the discharge of his duties. The Attorney General is sued for damages under the Crown Proceedings Ordinance in respect of losses alleged to have been suffered by four depositors in America and Panama Finance Co. Ltd. (a deposit-taking company registered under the Deposit-taking Companies Ordinance) as a result of the company's going into liquidation.