3 Aug 2004
RELIANCE INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION LTD v. HAI SANG LOGISTICS LTD
- Citation
- RELIANCE INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION LTD v. HAI SANG LOGISTICS LTD
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA396/2003
The defendant was the plaintiff's bailee as shown by contemporaneous faxes and conduct; no compromise agreement existed; the defendant released the 20 coils to Mr Lam without plaintiff's prior knowledge or authority and cannot invoke jus tertii because it did not act by authority of Mr Lam; the wrongful release constituted conversion and damages are the full value of the goods (US$152,660.40) with interest and costs.