10 Jun 2022
CHOI KEUNG v. CHOI LEUNG CHUEN
- Citation
- [2022] HKCA 808
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV80/2021
The trial judge, having observed witnesses and weighed oral and documentary evidence, was entitled to prefer the defendant’s account (that he bought the Painting in 2000 for HK$30,000) notwithstanding admitted untruths in WhatsApp messages; the plaintiff failed to prove a bailment on the balance of probabilities and the Court of Appeal will not overturn primary credibility and factual findings absent a plainly wrong conclusion — appeal dismissed.