(Hong Kong) The appellant had placed foreign exchange transactions with the respondents. He claimed that they were acting as his agents, and claimed that they had made undisclosed profits. They claimed to have been acting as principals. He now appealed a finding that he knew that they were so acting.
Held: The issue turned on the credibility of witnesses. Where there had been to consistent findings of fact in the lower courts, the settled procedure of the Board was not itself to make such an assessment. Matters such as the weight to be attached to particular evidence did not come within any exception to that rule.
Judges:
Lord Browne-Wilkinson, Lord Lloyd of Berwick, Lord Nolan, Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead, Sir John May
Citations:
[1996] UKPC 40
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Citing:
Cited – Srimati Bibhabati Devi v Kumar Ramendra Narayan Roy and Others PC 30-Jul-1946
(Bengal) The appellant sought to claim a substantial inheritance. From many years before it had been thought that he had been buried after dying of syphilis. He claimed he had been resuscitated, taken away and brought up by sanyasi. His identity . .
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Financial Services, Agency, Commonwealth
Updated: 01 June 2022; Ref: scu.159200