18 Mar 2024
The court granted leave to apply for judicial review and directed the parties to liaise to agree directions to enable the matter to proceed to a substantive hearing, while enforcing the procedural requirements and time limits under Order 53.
30 Jun 2004
The court exercised its discretion to admit the two late affidavits conditionally: the defendants must file supplemental affidavits identifying sources and explaining circumstances, and the plaintiff is granted leave to file affidavits in answer; the affidavits' deficiencies and disputed authenticity mean they cannot dispose of the strike‑out without further evidence, so conditional admission and adjournment are required.
27 Sept 2001
The court held that the respondents had had sufficient time (about two months) to consider relevance and objections; the 9 October hearing would not be vacated, three hours were reserved for the hearing, and the summonses were dismissed except that specified respondents were granted leave to file affidavits in opposition by 5 October and the petitioners were granted leave to reply by noon 8 October; costs were reserved for later determination.
3 Apr 2001
The court varied the earlier costs order by (a) ordering the costs of the plaintiff's ex parte application (23 Sep 2000) and inter partes summons (25 Sep 2000) to be costs in the cause with certificate for two counsel; (b) ordering the defendant to pay the costs of the defendant's summons to discharge dated 24 Oct 2000 and the costs of the 27 Oct 2000 return hearing; (c) ordering the defendant to pay the defendant's sole liability for the affidavit of Anthony Siu and one half of the costs of preparation of the nine affidavits filed between 19 Oct and 15 Nov 2000 (the other half to be costs in…
16 Nov 1988
The judge held that, because the affidavits and documents had not been pointed to with specific references, the court could not assess whether sufficient particulars had been given; accordingly the applicants must identify the documents and passages in the court record that support each allegation against the respondents as a necessary preliminary step.
10 Jun 1981
The application for leave to appeal out of time was dismissed. The Court held that the practice of attaching multiple duplicate exhibits and exhibiting affidavits to affidavits is unnecessary, increases costs and should be avoided; affidavits should be identified by deponent, date sworn and filing date rather than by mass copying of documents.