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Hong Kong Case Law

Allotment issue

  • 21 Aug 2014

    TO PUI KUI v. NG KWOK PIU AND OTHERS

    Citation
    TO PUI KUI v. NG KWOK PIU AND OTHERS
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMP2466/2012

    Leave to appeal against the trial judge's refusal to permit amendment of the defence was refused because the refusal was a case management decision not shown to be clearly wrong, the proposed amendments were fact-sensitive and likely to disrupt trial fairness and preparation, and most amendments were irrelevant to issues in the substantive appeal; by contrast, the plaintiff was granted leave to amend her notice of appeal/respondent's notice because counsel represented that the substance of the amended grounds was already in filed skeleton submissions and respondents could deal with them witho…

  • 21 Aug 2014

    TO PUI KUI v. NG KWOK PIU AND OTHERS

    Citation
    TO PUI KUI v. NG KWOK PIU AND OTHERS
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACV281/2012

    Leave to appeal HCMP 2466 of 2012 was refused because the trial judge's refusal to allow late amendments was a case management decision subject to a high threshold and was not clearly wrong: the proposed amendments were fact-sensitive, risked disrupting the trial and would not assist the defendants if the plaintiff proved forgery of the official resolution. The plaintiff was granted leave to amend its appeal documents because counsel assured the court the new grounds were already set out in lodged skeleton submissions and respondents could deal with them without adjournment. Costs orders were…