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The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal about whether a garnishee order nisi should have been made absolute, holding it would have been inequitable to do so.
District Court trial on a construction subcontract dispute. The plaintiff’s claim for alleged outstanding variations and a final debt was dismissed as time-barred and unsupported.
The Court of Appeal upheld summary judgment and struck out the counterclaim, finding the alleged oral agreement incredible and covered by the settlement agreement.
The court ordered security for costs against an out-of-jurisdiction plaintiff, rejecting the “real attacker” objection and fixing reduced, proportionate sums for three actions.
The Court of First Instance granted leave to appeal against an order refusing amendments pleading the Chern Debt, holding the appeal was arguable and leave was prudent.
The Court of First Instance granted leave to appeal over refused amendment applications, holding the proposed Chern Debt pleadings raised arguable issues on limitation, set-off, and new issues.
The Court of Appeal refused leave to appeal and dismissed the defendant’s summons, holding there was no reasonable prospect of success and no basis for equitable set-off.
法院駁回要求進一步及更佳詳情的申請，並准許撤回盤問式質問，認為有關要求多屬證據性細節、無必要或具壓迫性。
The court granted conditional leave to defend, ordered payment into court in both actions, and ordered delivery up of affected wines at the plaintiff’s cost.
The court dismissed the 1st defendant’s application for summary judgment on its counterclaim, holding that a transaction set-off defence was at least arguable and should go to trial.
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