Read the full judgment text of CACV 000160/1996 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 28 February 1997.
1. The 1st appellant ("Ting Key") is the owner of a petrol filling station adjacent to the Pok Wai section of Castle Peak Road in the New Territories ("the CRC station"). The 2nd appellant was between 15th March 1990 and 31st March 1992 the operator of the CRC station under an agreement between the two appellants. On 23rd February 1988 a notice was published in the Gazette in pursuance of ss. 17 and 18 of the Roads (Works, Use and Compensation) Ordinance, Cap. 370 ("the Ordinance") of the closur