Read the full judgment text of CACV 000185/1985 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 14 February 1986.
1. The Respondents, Mansion House Securities Ltd. and Evans Carrera Lowe trading as Mansion House Bullion Company sued the appellant Chen Yik Yen for monies alleged to be owing from share and bullion dealings. The respondents were given judgment for the sum of $1,264,282.96. The principle issue was whether the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank had, when accepting certain cheques from the 1st respondent and depositing them in the account of the appellant, been acting as the agent of the appellant. The