19 Dec 1987
CHAN YIU WAH AND ANOTHER v. THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION
- Citation
- CHAN YIU WAH AND ANOTHER v. THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV92/1986
The Court allowed the appeal in part: the Bank was liable for conversion but the trial judge had erred in the quantum awarded. The bank's wrongful destruction of the note justified an adverse evidential inference under the spoliation principle, but the plaintiffs had not established the extreme valuation claimed; on balance the appropriate award was reduced (substituted) to HK$250,000 (plus interest and costs).