Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Admissibility and probative value

Legal area

Court

9 Dec 2022

LAU SUK HAN LORETTA v. LI FUNG MING KRIZIA

Citation

[2023] HKCFI 121
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCPI859/2016

The court granted leave to adduce the supplemental witness statements of the plaintiff and the named witnesses (Luk Hiu Ming, Wong Fook Lam and Lai) subject to terms, but dismissed the application for leave in respect of the proposed witness statement of an unidentified witness; costs of the summons were awarded to the 1st defendant to be taxed if not agreed.
15 Sept 2015

MILLION DECADE LTD v. TUNG FAI

Citation

MILLION DECADE LTD v. TUNG FAI
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA1062/2013

The registrar exercised case-management discretion: because the proposed third witness statements of Wei Dong and Yao Juan were repetitive, of low or tangential probative value, contained inadmissible opinion or anticipatory argument and lacked satisfactory justification for the court's indulgence, leave to file them was refused; by contrast the witness statement of Wei Yao was admissible corroborative material and was allowed; leave to amend the Defence in HCA 1660/2013 was allowed because pleading alternative defences is fair and not prejudicial at the interlocutory stage; costs were apport…