Vol. 8 of 1978
INDEX OF CONTENTS
| EDITORIALS | |
| Colonial Regulation | 55 |
| The fragile rice bowl | 137 |
| Compensation for traffic accident victims | 281 |
| Fiat justitia, ruat caelum | 146 |
| 'Freedom of contract' | 284 |
| Law reform | 1 |
| Law reporting in Hong Kong | 142 |
| The next Chief Justice | 282 |
| The Small Claims Tribunal | 144 |
| Peter Wesley-Smith | 1 |
| ARTICLES | |
| China's new constitution: Maoism, economic change and civil liberties - Leo Goodstadt | 287 |
| Judicial discretion and the fruit of the poisoned tree - Bernard Downey | 43 |
| Prostitution in Hong Kong: a legal and moral dilemma - Henry Lethbridge | 149 |
| The law and practice of the Labour Tribunal - R A Ribeiro | 5, 174, 308 |
| NOTES AND COMMENTS | |
| Aliens on British Soil: A Problem of Landholding in/Early Hong Kong - D M Emrys Evans | 205 |
| Contracts for the Sale of Land: The Yangtzekiang Case - Andrew Hicks | 63 |
| Fair Compensation and the Speculative Element: The Kowloon Dairy Case - P G Willoughby | 344 |
| Interest on Damages for Personal Injuries - John Miller | 73 |
| Profits Tax: Territorial Source of Profit from Interest - P G Willoughby | 215 |
| NOTES OF CASES | |
| Banking - account in joint names |
221 |
| Cheques - personal liability of director |
76 |
| Contributory Negligence - test for six year old child |
222 |
| Criminal Law - dangerous drugs - objectionable article |
77, 79 81 |
| Crimrnal Procedure - application to disconnect telephone service - duty of judge when defendant unrepresented - power to convict of different offence |
354 223 35 |
| Damages - fatal accident, multiplier - personal injuries, award of interest |
223 225 |
| Foreign Judgments - reciprocal enforcement |
356 |
| Fraudulent Transfer of Business | 358 |
| Hire Purchase - extrinsic evidence, repudiation - termination, measure of damages |
359 226 |
| Insurance - breach of conditions, waiver |
84 |
| Motor Vehicles Insurance (Third Party Risks) Ordinance |
229 |
| Landlord and Tenant - inconclusive negotiations, quiet enjoyment - restrictive covenant, waiver, acquiescence |
230 234 |
| Nuisance - liability of highway authority |
236 |
| Property Law - whether joint tenancy an interest in land |
238 |
| Sale of Goods - action for the price |
86 |
| Solicitors - conflicting duties |
84 |
| Stamp Duty - loan agreement secured on vehicle registration book |
87 |
| Statutory Interpretation - Dangerous Drugs Ordinance s 45 |
79 |
| Summary Offences Ordinance s 17 | 90 |
| Taxation - evasion, custodial sentence - profits tax, gains from share dealing - purchase of film tickets in aid of charity - whether transaction 'artificial or fictitious' |
361 362 239 91 |
| Vendor and Purchasers - construction and sale of fiats, frustration |
363 |
| LEGISLATION | |
| Companies - Dangerous Drugs - Employment - Estate Duty - Legal Practitioners - Sale of Goods | 95 |
| Independant Commission Against Corruption - Insurance Companies (Capital Requirements) - Law Amendment and Reform - Motor Vehicles Insurance (Third Party Risks) - Stamp - Securities - Workmen's Compensation | 241 |
| Companies - Crimes - Inland Revenue - Land Registration - Magistrates | 367 |
| PERSONAL INJURIES | |
| A Digest of Awards in Hong Kong | 101, 251, 373 |
| SENTENCES | |
| A Digest of Decisions in Hong Kong | 114, 262, 379 |
| REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS | |
| Chitty on Contracts | 131 |
| Griffith, The Politics of the Judiciary | 275 |
| Leeming, Street Studies in Hong Kong | 134 |
| Li, Law and Politics in China's Foreign Trade | 278 |
| Simpson, Land Law and Registration | 133 |
| Smith and Thomas, A Casebook on Contract | 274 |
| Books Received | 136, 280 |
| CORRESPONDENCE | 388 |