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Admissibility and reply to expert evidence
  • 11 Apr 2022

    RESOURCES LEADER LTD v. HO NGO YING

    Citation
    [2022] HKCFI 1066
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCA2667/2018

    Leave was granted because, although the applications were very late and unexplained, the updated expert opinion concerned central substantive issues already addressed by both experts in a joint statement, there was no evidence of ambush or bad faith, the plaintiff's expert had effectively been aware of the opposing view, consequential steps could be completed in time for trial, and overall fairness favoured permitting the defendant to pursue the substantive case; however, the defendant was ordered to pay the plaintiff's costs on a nisi on an indemnity basis because of the lateness and disrupt…